The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $8 million in grants that will provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and service members of the Armed Forces. Funding will allow organizations to plan, manage and implement new sporting programs.…
Month: September 2014
VA donates $8 million to adaptive sports for veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $8 million in grants that will provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and service members of the Armed Forces. Funding will allow organizations to plan, manage and implement new sporting programs.…
Ottobock announces August winner of C-Leg photo contest
Ottobock has announced Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., as the winner of Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for August. Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., won Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for the month of August. His…
Ottobock announces August winner of C-Leg photo contest
Ottobock has announced Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., as the winner of Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for August. Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., won Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for the month of August. His…
Conference connects prosthetists, families to 3-D-printed prostheses
BALTIMORE — Children and their families, prosthetists and volunteers all gathered to create 3-D-printed prosthetic hands at the first Prosthetists Meet 3-D Printers Conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital, here. Hosted by e-NABLE, many of the event’s attendees were pediatric transradial…
Conference connects prosthetists, families to 3-D-printed prostheses
BALTIMORE — Children and their families, prosthetists and volunteers all gathered to create 3-D-printed prosthetic hands at the first Prosthetists Meet 3-D Printers Conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital, here. Hosted by e-NABLE, many of the event’s attendees were pediatric transradial…
George Gondo, MA, speaks at the AOPA National Assembly
LAS VEGAS — George Gondo, MA, director of research and grants for the Amputee Coalition, spoke about the BMI Calculator for Amputees. The tool is available at http://www.amputee-coalition.org/limb-loss-resource-center/resources-by-topic/healthy-living/index.html.
Engineers develop pulley system to improve hand function after nerve trauma
Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a simple pulley mechanism that may offer new options to people who have lost the use of their hands due to nerve trauma, according to a press release. “Many people have lost the…
Foot drop stimulator aids stroke rehab
The use of a foot drop stimulator during a task-specific movement for 4 weeks can retrain the neuromuscular system, ultimately aiding in rehabilitation intervention from stroke, according to a data published in NeuroRehabilitation. “Compensatory strategies have a negative effect on…
Foot drop stimulator aids stroke rehab
The use of a foot drop stimulator during a task-specific movement for 4 weeks can retrain the neuromuscular system, ultimately aiding in rehabilitation intervention from stroke, according to a data published in NeuroRehabilitation. “Compensatory strategies have a negative effect on…