British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the British government will invest up to £15m to improve prosthetics services for military veterans who have lost a limb while serving their country. The announcement follows recommendations made in Dr. Andrew Murrison’s…
Month: October 2011
Sarah Clark Joins O&P1 as Director of Product Development
Sarah Clark O&P1 announced that Sarah Clark has joined the company as Director of Product Development. Clark is a third generation professional in the orthotics & prosthetics field; her grandfather Dale Clark CP and Dennis Clark CPO were…
Study Finds Alternating Training Sessions May Benefit Patients with Motor Disorders
According to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience, forcing people to switch from a normal walking pattern to an unusual one — and back again — made them better able to adjust to the unusual pattern the following day.…
Haitian Inspiration Tour Visits New York City Area
The “Haitian Inspiration Tour,” featuring a group of amputee soccer players from Haiti known as Team Zaryen, visited the New York City area Thursday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 21 following 3 days in Washington, D.C. There, the team held…
O&P Innovations Recognized by the James Dyson Award
A prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals is in competition for the James Dyson Award. AMO Arm and its two inventors — Michal Prywata and Thiago Caires — have officially moved on to the final round of finalists…
Study Finds Most Readmission Prediction Models Perform Poorly
A review and analysis of 26 validated hospital readmission risk prediction models finds that most, whether for hospital comparison or clinical purposes, have poor predictive ability, according to an article in JAMA. According to the background information in the article,…
Paralympic Athletes Fitted with Powered Knee in South Africa
Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics announced that two clients — Paralympic athletes Kim Robinson and Derik Schutte — were the first in South Africa to be fitted with the Össur Power Knee. The motorized knee is a ‘smart’ prosthetic limb with the…
New Material Could Speed the Healing of Open Wounds in Diabetics
Diabetics who suffer from hard-to-heal open wounds may soon have help in the form of a cottony glass material developed at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The glass fiber material could become a source of relief for diabetics fighting…
Study Reveals Direct Access to Physical Therapists Associated with Lower Costs
A new study suggesting that “the role of the physician gatekeeper in regard to physical therapy may be unnecessary in many cases” could have significant implications for the U.S. health care system, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).…
BOC Offers Time-Saving Features Benefitting Candidates and Practitioners
The Board of Certification/Accreditation International (BOC) recently announced new features to its website. “We are continually looking for ways to make the certification process more convenient for our candidates and practitioners,” Jan Paul Miller, MA, MEd, BOC’s director of certification,…