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Year: 2011
Partial Foot Amputees Must Wear Above-Ankle Device to Restore Biomechanical Gait
According to data from the Vital and Health Statistics, Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures, and accounting for the increase in population since 1996, it is estimated that 1.27 million Americans live with lower-limb amputation. Of those 1.27 million, more than 618,000…
OPERF Names Don Katz as Tamarack Award Recipient
The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) Inc. announced that Don Katz, CO, LO, FAAOP, has been awarded the organization’s second Tamarack Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Orthotic Science and Practice. Don Katz Katz has been…
Fillauer Companies Inc. Hires Jim Lagerstrom
Fillauer Companies Inc. announced that Jim Lagerstrom, CP, will be joining the Fillauer sales team as the Midwest area sales manager. Lagerstrom will be responsible for the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ohio…
OPAF’s Launches First Dance
OPAF’s First Dance, which was sponsored by Special Opportunities for Advanced Rehabilitation (SOAR), successfully launched in Detroit. SOAR and Elegance in Motion Dance Studio were the hosts for an afternoon of ballroom dancing for people with physical challenges. More than…
Hanger Promotes Leigh Radziwon to Manager of Cosmetic Restoration Services
Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics announced that Leigh Radziwon, MS, will take on the role of manager of the New England market’s cosmetic restoration services. In her role at Hanger, Radziwon helps patients who have lost fingers, ears or noses and…
NCOPE Approves Pedorthic Standards
The National Commission for Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) announced that its board approved the Standards and Guidelines for Accreditation of Educational Programs in Pedorthics at its March 15 meeting in Orlando, Fla. Since coming under the NCOPE umbrella in…
Concert to Raise Money for Amputee Children in Haiti
The Step Forward Tour, a concert at Chicago’s Park West Theater, will take place on May 13, 2011. Proceeds will benefit Friends of the Orphans for St. Damien Hospital in Haiti, providing medical care and rehabilitation to amputee victims of…
Help Employees Keep Weight Off With Workplace Changes
Some simple changes to promote healthy habits at work can help to prevent employees from gaining weight, reports a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. However, these types of environmental interventions aren’t likely to lead to weight…
Morgan Graff Completes Installation of ‘Strides’ Artwork at Hanger Headquarters
Austin glass-blowing artist Morgan Graff has completed the installation of her winning artwork at Hanger Orthopedic Group’s headquarters. Selected in Nov. 2010 as the winner of Hanger’s ARTroduction to Austin Art Competition for her representation of the theme, “Moving Lives…