Month: May 2011

In a study comparing human walking and running motions — and whether the hips, knees or ankles are the most important power sources for these motions — researchers at North Carolina State University found that the hips generate more of…

By R. J. Garrick A Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC) student has won a Sonic Foundry Rich Media Impact Award (RMIA) in the Student Impact category. Sonic Foundry makes Mediasite, the software/hardware solution that NUPOC uses for lecture capture and…

For the first time, results on the impact of gaming devices on finger and wrist pain in children were presented at the European League Against Rheumatism 2011 Annual Congress. Data comparing two schools in the United States demonstrate that young…

Prosthetic & Orthotic Associates (POA) will be the sponsoring host of three First Clinics at the Amputee Coalition Conference in Kansas City, June 2-4, 2011. OPAF First Clinics are introductory adaptive recreational opportunities for amputees and those with physical challenges…

Nominees are currently being accepted for the Third Annual Corbett Ryan Pathways Pioneer Award. The deadline for nominations is June 17, 2011 with a final decision to be made by July 8, 2011. Nominees should be persons representing excellence in…

Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Shelley Berkley (D-NV) introduced HR 1958, the Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2011, legislation to improve the quality of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) care and reduce fraudulent payments for orthotic and prosthetic…

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) announced the recipients of the 2011 Research Awards Program. According to a press release, the organization congratulated this year’s award recipients and thanked everyone who applied. The release stated that OPERF’s…

Laboratory studies by chemical engineers at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) may lead to new experimental methods for early detection and diagnosis and to possible treatments for pathological tissues that are precursors to multiple sclerosis (MS) and similar diseases. Achieving a…

The Amputee Coalition has been selected to receive a $1,500 grant from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation. This support will help send 100 youths to the camp this July. The youth camp is a 5-day traditional summer camp experience…

A team of international researchers, including Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have discovered regions of the genome that affect the severity of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common lethal genetic disease affecting children in North…