Month: August 2012

Trunk sway and gait asymmetry improved among individuals with transtibial amputations who used a lower extremity ambulatory feedback system, according to a study published in Gait & Posture. “We’ve been working with sound sensors in shoes to come up with…

Farmers and ranchers require more durable, affordable and adaptable prostheses to facilitate them in their work. This study was published recently in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. “Farming continues to be a very physically demanding occupation,” Craig Heckathorne, MS, research…

Patients who undergo conservative treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and their parents perceive emotional stress similarly when related to orthotic treatment. However, parents overestimate the assessment of stress related to body deformity, according to recent study results. “Many authors emphasize…

Freedom Fabrication is housed in a completely nondescript, 6,000-square-foot, windowless box on Hwy 27, the main road through Havana, Fla. Nothing outside the building suggests the hard work going on inside. Not even a sign. “I had a sign out…

Military personnel who sustained traumatic injuries leading to multiple amputations required significantly more hospital resources including blood products, surgical encounters and days spent in the intensive care unit than those with injuries causing single extremity amputation, according to a recent…

A natural disaster can easily disrupt small business operations and may even force a business to shut its doors permanently. Over the years, the US Small Business Administration has worked with small businesses, providing advice and loans for starting a…

Although federal efforts to expand Medicaid coverage may be uncertain in some states, the Affordable Care Act contains many features that benefit O&P.

The US Department of Human Health and Services announced a final rule that establishes a health plan identifier required by the Affordable Care Act to help cut red tape in the health care system and save up to $6 billion…

AlliedOP, a partnership between Allied O&P and Jack Gold Surgical Appliances, announced that Richard Ghizzone, CP, LPO has joined the clinical staff in its Randolph, New Jersey office.  Ghizzone has been practicing in the Morris County area since the early…

The Amputee Coalition has added Troy Turner, David Dunville and Stella Sieber to its Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee, according to a press release. Serving for a 3-year term, Sieber and Dunville will serve as consumer representatives and Turner will…