Month: October 2013

The Challenged Athletes Foundation hosted Heather Abbott and three other Boston Marathon bombing survivors at its CAF Össur Leg Amputee Running and Mobility Clinic held at Harvard University on Oct. 6. CAF, in partnership with Össur and Knights of Columbus,…

Orthocare Innovations announced that it will move its headquarters from Oklahoma City  to Seattle, in a new partnership with a leading O&P company. The company will focus its research operations on those being performed by the partner company in Seattle.…

Touch Bionics, headquartered in Livingston, Scotland, recently appointed Caroline Stretton as vice president, international operations and Conal Harte as European sales director. According to a company press release, Stretton joins Touch Bionics from Ocutec, where she was the operations director.…

Performing surgery to take pressure off the spine soon after a traumatic injury could prevent or reverse secondary damage caused by swelling and decreased blood flow to the injured spine. However, strong evidence to support early surgery is lacking because…

Freedom Innovations announced that the company will commercialize and finalize the development of the first fully powered prosthetic leg technology with a neurological control system. The first generation of the Freedom Powered Knee and Ankle System will use a mechanical…

Using a skin substitute as a biological dressing may be a promising treatment for hard-to-heal chronic venous and mixed ulcers unresponsive to compression therapy. In a prospective uncontrolled case study, five patients with an ankle brachial index greater than 0.5…

Using a skin substitute as a biological dressing may be a promising treatment for hard-to-heal chronic venous and mixed ulcers unresponsive to compression therapy. In a prospective uncontrolled case study, five patients with an ankle brachial index greater than 0.5…

The Department of Education has awarded $4.6 million in grants to four institutions for research projects designed to help people with disabilities. Recipients will use the grants, awarded under the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers Program, to conduct research programs that will…

Among patients undergoing surgery for chronic wounds related to diabetes, poor glycemic control was significantly associated with worse outcomes, according to recent study results. Good control of glucose levels before surgery is important for diabetic patients at high risk of…

The Department of Labor announced grants totaling $18,597,758 to eight states to provide education, training and employment opportunities for youth and adults with disabilities. The grants are part of the Disability Employment Initiative (DEI), a program jointly funded and administered…