Month: May 2011

DJO Global, Inc. (DJO) vascular health and pain management, announced that one of its indirect subsidiaries has closed the acquisition of Dr. Comfort. “Dr. Comfort has expanded the diabetic footwear market by providing the medical community with a broad assortment…

A review of the previously published literature reveals few relevant
studies — and a need for additional research.

The
multidisciplinary approach helps cultivate a professional
relationship between the physician, therapist and O&P practitioner.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Slightly tuning the tibial alignment in an ankle foot orthosis-footwear combination (AFO-FC) changed a patient’s overall outcome, according to a paper presented by Stefania Fatone, PhD, BPO (Hons), from Northwestern University, at the 2011 Annual Meeting of…

Relationships in O&P are ongoing and long-term. Give yourself the
chance to go above and beyond by letting your patients know your rules of
service.

Funded by the Department of Defense, the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC) has pooled the resources of more than 60 trauma centers throughout the United States for an extensive partnership aimed to improve care for service members injured on…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Through her research with transtibial amputees, Joan E. Sanders, PhD, determined that limb fluid volume is specific to each patient and that practitioners should not assume that adding a sock would decrease this volume. Sanders closely monitored…

Function, psychological adjustment and quality of life after primary amputation or limb reconstruction in patients with severe fibular deficiency are both comparable and within normal limits for a healthy population, according to a recently presented study.     AP radiograph…

Though his path did not originally veer toward pedorthics, Irvin
Jenkins, CPed, says he loves what he does every day.

Navy Electrician’s Mate Third Class Edward Gisburne lost his leg
in a battle in Mexico, yet volunteered for World Wars I and II.