The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) is sponsoring wheelchair and amputee tennis clinics across the Carolinas from June 10-14. The clinics will feature Karin Korb, Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and coach. Clinics are free and are open to anyone…
Year: 2014
Scheck & Siress announces leadership change
Scheck & Siress Prosthetics Inc. announced John Ruzich, CP, at the Hickory Hills, Ill., patient care facility, has transferred his interest in Scheck & Siress to the remaining seven shareholders. He will continue to provide patient care at that location…
Ottobock invests in Orthotic Holdings
Orthotic Holdings Inc. announced that Ottobock has made a strategic investment in the orthotics group. Orthotic Holdings Inc. (OHI) consists of Langer Biomechanics Inc., The Orthotic Group Inc., Arizona AFO Inc., SafeStep Inc. and Pedalign Inc. OHI has four manufacturing…
Ottobock invests in Orthotic Holdings
Orthotic Holdings Inc. announced that Ottobock has made a strategic investment in the orthotics group. Orthotic Holdings Inc. (OHI) consists of Langer Biomechanics Inc., The Orthotic Group Inc., Arizona AFO Inc., SafeStep Inc. and Pedalign Inc. OHI has four manufacturing…
Touch Bionics adds enhancements to i-limb devices
Touch Bionics announced new features to the i-limb ultra-revolution, according to a company press release. Bluetooth-enabled devices, called grip chips, will now let users assign a grip to an object and assist in performing of activities of daily living. Mobile…
Improved disability detection could reduce clinical disparities
Patients with disabilities are at greater risk for disparities in health care, due to providers’ inadequate identification of specific disabilities, according to a study recently published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality. Megan A. Morris, of the Center for Healthcare…
Matrix shows footwear modification effects on foot regions
LEIPZIG, Germany — A researcher here presented data that may help orthotists and pedorthists design more effective footwear for patients with diabetic ulcers. Sicco Bus, PhD, senior investigator, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, showed a study matrix he and…
Matrix shows footwear modification effects on foot regions
LEIPZIG, Germany — A researcher here presented data that may help orthotists and pedorthists design more effective footwear for patients with diabetic ulcers. Sicco Bus, PhD, senior investigator, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, showed a study matrix he and…
ISPO to update guidelines for international education
LEIPZIG, Germany — Daniel Blocka, BSc(Hons), CO(c), FCBC, past president of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, presented an overview at the OT World Congress of the organization’s international orthotic and prosthetic education initiatives. Daniel Blocka The International Society…
ISPO to update guidelines for international education
LEIPZIG, Germany — Daniel Blocka, BSc(Hons), CO(c), FCBC, past president of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics, presented an overview at the OT World Congress of the organization’s international orthotic and prosthetic education initiatives. Daniel Blocka The International Society…