Year: 2014

Yale medical device start-up 109 Design has received a $100,000 grant to help begin manufacturing a feedback device which attaches to scoliosis orthoses and provides real-time feedback on wear-time and tightness. The company was founded by Yale students Ellen Su,…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Heikki Uustal, MD, medical director for the Prosthetic and Orthotic Team at JFK-Johnson Rehab Institute, shared the importance of incorporating geriatric management techniques into O&P practice at the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of…

The Amputee Coalition and the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists have launched a collaborative informational brochure titled “Working Together for a Successful Outcome.” The brochure was created “to help amputees, their families and caregivers ask the right questions and…

Virtual reality-based telerehabilitation programs can produce similar motor improvement results in stroke patients to in-clinic rehabilitation, according to study results published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Researchers conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial in which chronic outpatients with…

Virtual reality-based telerehabilitation programs can produce similar motor improvement results in stroke patients to in-clinic rehabilitation, according to study results published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Researchers conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial in which chronic outpatients with…

Researchers from the University of Auckland Bioengineering Institute and Fraunhofer, a Germany-based research organization, are collaborating to develop a bionic arm. The Bionic Joint is a human exoskeleton that combines novel wearable sensor technology with mechanisms that can measure and…

Registered European Union charity Legs4Africa is collecting prosthetic legs, with a goal of shipping 1,000 prostheses to The Gambia before Christmas. Legs4Africa will collect prostheses donations from individual amputee donors as well as hospital units to be sent on Dec.…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics has announced leadership for its 2014-2015 board of directors, effective Dec. 1. Board leaders include James H. Wynne, CPO, FAAOP, president; Christopher J. Fairman, CPO, president elect; Eric Ramcharran, CPO,…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics has announced leadership for its 2014-2015 board of directors, effective Dec. 1. Board leaders include James H. Wynne, CPO, FAAOP, president; Christopher J. Fairman, CPO, president elect; Eric Ramcharran, CPO,…

More than 5,000 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland undergo a major amputation each year, but 56% of amputees do not receive good care, according to a report from the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death. More…