Month: October 2010

CAF athlete Desmond Jackson is hoping to duplicate last year’sperformance at the San Diego Triathlon Challenge.

Researchers from the University of Utah Department of Orthopedics and Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will use a $3 million grant from the U.S. Defense Department to develop an intelligent prosthetic implant that will allow for a more comfortable and infection-free…

ORLANDO, Fla. — This year, Medicare implemented a number of changes as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as the health care reform bill. As a result of the PPACA, all Medicare files…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Andreas Kannenberg, MD, PhD, director of medical affairs at Otto Bock HealthCare in Duderstadt, Germany, discussed his Thranhardt Lecture Series winning study, “A New Shoulder Orthosis to Treat Painful Shoulder and Facilitate Gait Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients,”…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Recognition of soft tissue problems following amputation can allow for earlier intervention and therefore better patient outcomes, according to Christian Ertl, MD, FACS, FACCWS in a presentation here at the 2010 American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s (AOPA)…

ORLANDO, Fla. – In 2006 Frost and Sullivan looked at the brace and support industry and said that osteoarthritis (OA) braces were the fastest growing segment of the brace market. According to a sales representative here, that is not a…

    Thomas Kirk ORLANDO, Fla. — Implantable devices and their communication between the body and the prosthesis is just one of the many emerging technologies currently being experimented with in the O&P industry, according to a panel of industry…

ORLANDO , Fla. — There are more than 109.5 million different websites on the Internet and the average individual spends approximately 32 hours a month viewing them, according to Greg Bauer, CPO, president of Westcoast Brace & Limb. It is…