Month: February 2011

Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), in partnership with The PlowShare Group, launched a series of new public service advertisements aimed at raising awareness and enlisting support of the needs of injured service members of the nation’s armed military. More than 40,000…

Fillauer announced its latest collaboration with Rizzoli Ortopedia, S.P.A., with the US market launch of REL-K microprocessor knee system. According to a press release, Fillauer is pleased to partner with Rizzoli to bring Italian design concepts used in the sports…

A study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that poor sleep quality correlated with higher levels of depressive symptoms, greater pain severity, increased fatigue and greater functional disability in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The study suggests that…

    Haley Branch Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc. announced they have hired Haley Branch, CPO, to join the Hagerstown, Md. patient care facility. Branch is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 2008 with a…

As part of his $3.7 trillion federal budget for 2012, President Barack Obama has proposed postponing by 2 years the scheduled 25% cut in Medicare payments to physicians. If the proposal is enacted, the cuts would not go into effect…

Four of the nation’s leading veterans service organizations are urging the Administration and Congress to invest $65.3 billion to meet veterans health care and veterans benefits needs. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, the administration has proposed $61.9 billion in…

In the largest stroke rehabilitation study ever conducted in the United States, stroke patients who had physical therapy at home improved their ability to walk just as well as those who were treated in a training program that requires the…

The Amputee Coalition is proud to recognize the support of American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Inc. (ABC) as a Cobble Stone Sponsor of the Amputee Coalition’s Paddy Rossbach Youth Camp for 2011. The Cobble Stone sponsorship…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded two grants totaling $7.5 million to the U.S. Olympic Committee to enhance recreation and sporting activities for disabled veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces. “Our partnership with the U.S. Olympic Committee…

Kinetic Revolutions announced it has come to an agreement with the Chico, Calif.-based Cascade Orthopedic Supply Inc. to distribute the company’s inaugural prosthetic product. Kinetic’s patent pending, prosthetic component, is scheduled to be released during the upcoming Academy of Orthotists…