Month: April 2014

Samuel Rosenfeld, MD, CHOC Children’s Hospital, Orange, Calif., presented factors in determining the success with which an individual with spina bifida will transition from a pediatric to an adult rehabilitation environment. Forty-eight patients were followed since 1958, stratified by neurological…

The Swiss National Competence Center of Research in Robotics (NCCR) announced it is organizing a Cybathlon to be held in the Kolping Arena in Kloten, Switzerland, October 2016. The Cybathlon is a competition for parathletes using advanced assistive devices and…

The Swiss National Competence Center of Research in Robotics (NCCR) announced it is organizing a Cybathlon to be held in the Kolping Arena in Kloten, Switzerland, October 2016. The Cybathlon is a competition for parathletes using advanced assistive devices and…

Current treatment options in children with partial foot amputations tend to mirror adult options, and documentation of pediatric partial foot amputation, prosthetic intervention and treatment effectiveness is limited. Pamela K. Hale, CPO, Allard USA Rockaway, NJ and Active Life Inc.,…

A presenter addressed the objectives in maximizing the ambulatory function in individuals with spina bifida by focusing on the disorder itself, fluctuating neurological status and musculoskeletal deformities that arise secondary to the muscular imbalance. Samuel Rosenfeld, MD, CHOC Children’s Hospital,…

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CHICAGO — Elizabeth Halsne, CPO, research prosthetist at the Center for Bionic Medicine at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, presented strategies to collect high-quality surface electromyography data from an amputee’s limb to control powered lower limb prostheses at the American…

Its slim profile and light weight make the Indego an option for paraplegics.

3-D printing company creates personalized orthoses through a smartphone application.

Managers who were accurate and consistent with their business decisions, and unbiased and fair to employees — known as procedural justice behaviors — experienced a greater depletion in energy, or burnout, according to study results published in the Journal of…