A medical device developed by retired U.S. Navy sonar experts, using submarine technology, is a new paradigm for the detection, diagnosis and monitoring of stroke, according to a team of interventional radiologists at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 36th Annual…
Year: 2011
Study of Diabetes Survivors Shows Ways to Prevent Complications
A major study by Joslin Diabetes Center researchers has found that some people who have survived diabetes for many decades exhibit remarkably few complications — a discovery that points toward the presence of protective factors that guard against the disease’s…
Ossur Wins Red Dot International Design Awards for Devices
Two of Ossur’s technologies have received the Red Dot International Design Award. Both Proprio Foot and Rebound Air Walker were recognized as winners in the 2011 life science and medicine group by the judging panel, which evaluated more than 4,000…
Study Finds Gene Combinations Related to Hip Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women
Women with osteoporosis in their hip suffer menopause 2 years earlier than healthy women, according to a study conducted at the University of Granada. Additionally, although further study is required, researchers have found at least three genetic markers associated with…
Review of Hand Transplantation Cases Indicate Three Main Obstacles
PARK CITY, UTAH — Robin C. Crandall, MD, Shriners Hospital for Children presented his review of hand transplantations, their successes and complications at the 2011 Association of Children’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Clinics (ACPOC) Annual Meeting. “At first, I thought this was a…
ABC Seeking Nominations for Board of Directors
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC) is seeking nominees for four positions on its board of directors. The open positions are for three directors and one public member director. Each position entails a 4-year commitment…
Older Amputees Must Pass Down Their Knowledge to the Next Generation
PARK CITY, UTAH — Robert Gailey Jr., PhD, PT, assistant professor, department of physical therapy, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, was the presidential speaker at the 2011 Association of Children’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Clinics (ACPOC) Annual Meeting. His…
Lower Extremity Orthosis Compliance Challenged by Children
PARK CITY, UTAH — Approximately 10,000 infants are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP) annually. Another 1,200 to 1,500 pre-school aged children are also diagnosed with CP annually in the United States. Melissa Malkush, CP, MSPO, MH Mandelbaum Orthotic and Prosthetic…
Lab Equipment Maintenance
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Help Patients Manage Equinus Deformity
Use orthoses to teach children to optimize body weight carriage on the
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