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…
Year: 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…
Michael Burton — Video Perspective from AAOP
Michael Burton, who owns and operates Burton Business Services, discusses the reality of residency at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that WillowWood, in partnership with The Ohio State University and The University of Akron, secured a new contract to develop a more comfortable and useful prosthetic system to help transfemoral amputees at…
Technical advancements in orthoses create reimbursement challenges
ORLANDO, Fla. – Although advancements in orthoses provide increased function and mobility for many patients, they also present reimbursement challenges for practitioners. Kimberly Hanson, the director of reimbursement for Ottobock North America, discussed how to manage these issues at the…
The Amputee Coalition announced that it has signed its first peer support affiliation agreement with MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. The agreement allows MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital to use Coalition materials and guidelines for peer visitation and to have an official…