Elderly individuals who experience chronic muscle pain are at significantly increased risk for heart disease, according to recent study results. Researchers from Teesside University, Middlesbrough, England, Northern Ireland and America sampled more than 5,300 adults aged 45 years and older.…
Year: 2014
Parker Hannifin Corp. enters clinical trial agreements for exoskeleton
Parker Hannifin Corp. has entered into clinical trial agreements with four rehabilitation institutions in the United States to support the testing and development of the Indego exoskeleton. Indego is poised to become the first powered exoskeleton or powered orthotic device…
Prosthetic Outreach Foundation celebrates 25 years
The Prosthetic Outreach Foundation, based in Seattle, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary assisting amputees and orthopedic rehabilitation services in developing countries. The organization also changed its name to Mobility Outreach International. The name change “is appropriate as we expand globally…
Leto Solutions recognized as a top 10 company at Texas Life Science Forum
Leto Solutions Inc. was recently recognized as one of 10 Rice Alliance Life Science Companies at the Texas Life Science Forum in Houston. The company was recognized for its Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System, which was inspired by one of the…
Leto Solutions recognized as a top 10 company at Texas Life Science Forum
Leto Solutions Inc. was recently recognized as one of 10 Rice Alliance Life Science Companies at the Texas Life Science Forum in Houston. The company was recognized for its Aquilonix Prosthesis Cooling System, which was inspired by one of the…
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…
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,…