In the fall of 2012, undergraduate students enrolled in Design Thinking and Communication, a required course for freshmen at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, experienced the process of designing and creating temporary prosthetic fittings for amputee patients who had…
Day: March 1, 2013
Turnover intentions in a family business can lead to loss of prominent family employees, as well as leakage of information to competitors. However, when employees share the founder’s vision, as well as the integrated values of the family and family…
The risk for infection in the residual limb increases for patients if an amputation is delayed for more than 5 days after the initial injury, according to a study published in the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. “Wound…
Ability Dynamics uses aerospace materials to create new prosthetic foot.
Three former prosthetic directors of NUPOC discuss the role of curriculum and learning environment in supporting successful O&P students.
Among young individuals, elderly individuals and transradial amputees, lateral areas on the forearms were relatively more sensitive than medial areas in an analysis of stimulation area and stimulation intensity, according to study results. The “lack of information on residual sensitivity…