The Amputee Coalition, in conjunction with members of its scientific and medical advisory committee, has created a body mass index calculator to help individuals with limb loss assess their weight status. The Coalition does not consider the calculator to be…
Month: March 2014
Amputee Coalition creates BMI calculator
The Amputee Coalition, in conjunction with members of its scientific and medical advisory committee, has created a body mass index calculator to help individuals with limb loss assess their weight status. The Coalition does not consider the calculator to be…
Speaker: Be a good consumer of research
CHICAGO — O&P practitioners have several ways to find, learn from and then disseminate research relevant to their clinical practice, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. Brian Hafner,…
Speaker: Be a good consumer of research
CHICAGO — O&P practitioners have several ways to find, learn from and then disseminate research relevant to their clinical practice, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. Brian Hafner,…
Orthotic treatment is successful in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
CHICAGO — Bracing significantly decreased progression of high-risk curves in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis to the threshold for surgery, according to a presenter at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. Lori Dolan,…
Orthotic treatment is successful in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
CHICAGO — Bracing significantly decreased progression of high-risk curves in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis to the threshold for surgery, according to a presenter at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. Lori Dolan,…
Wireless load cell sensor provides accurate measurement of forces within prosthesis
CHICAGO — Researchers have found that a wireless load cell sensor can be an efficient way to measure forces that occur within a prosthesis, according to results of an initial assessment presented at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists…
Wireless load cell sensor provides accurate measurement of forces within prosthesis
CHICAGO — Researchers have found that a wireless load cell sensor can be an efficient way to measure forces that occur within a prosthesis, according to results of an initial assessment presented at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists…
Study: App less accurate than 3-D video system for gait analysis
CHICAGO — A mobile video analysis application was less accurate in the measurement of gait than a 3-D motion capture system, according to a study presented by Lee Childers, PhD, CP, at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual…
Study: App less accurate than 3-D video system for gait analysis
CHICAGO — A mobile video analysis application was less accurate in the measurement of gait than a 3-D motion capture system, according to a study presented by Lee Childers, PhD, CP, at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual…