Month: April 2012

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund. The $1,000 scholarship is open to all full-time certificate candidates enrolled in Northwestern University’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Center. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage…

The Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association announced that has partnered with Allard International and Allard USA, according to a company press release. The partnership merges Allard’s philanthropic spirit with the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association’s (CMTA) mission to improve the quality of life for those suffering…

People who suffer from chronic pain may sleep better and experience less pain if they learn to focus less on their ailments, according to a study recently published in the journal Pain. Approximately 80% of people with chronic pain experience…

Wearing a lace-up ankle brace was found to have minimal impact on the biomechanics of the knee, according to research presented at the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The joints in the lower body work…

Össur announced a 5% sales growth for the first quarter of 2012. Sales totaled $100 million, compared with $97 million from the first quarter of 2011. Prosthetic sales saw a 7% increase. Net profit amounted to $10 million, or 10%…

The Orthotics and Prosthetics Activities Foundation hosted a First Dive Intro to Scuba Clinic and First Paddle Kayaking Clinic at Eastern Michigan University’s pool facility on April 15. This was the third combined First Dive and First Kayak clinic hosted…

Azad Robert Hasan, CO and William Truskey, COF wanted a place to communicate with O&P professionals on a global level.

Loretta Muilenburg, co-founder of Muilenburg Prosthetics Inc., Houston, was honored at a celebration of her 90th birthday April 19, at the company’s office. The event, hosted by son Ted Muilenburg, CP, was attended by colleagues, patients and friends.   The…

A firewall prototype to prevent hackers from interfering with wireless medical devices has been created by researchers at Purdue and Princeton Universities. The device could protect devices such as pacemakers, insulin-delivery systems and neuroprostheses, according to a press release from…

Undergraduate students at Rice University have designed a self-adjusting, automated device for patients undergoing distraction osteogenesis to correct bone deformities that leave one limb shorter than the other. In collaboration with Shriners Hospital for Children in Houston, the engineering students…