Month: May 2015

The Enable Community Foundation recently announced it has been awarded a $600,000 grant as part of the 2015 Google Impact Challenge. The grant will support the mission of e-NABLE, a global network of volunteers that provides 3-D printed prosthetic hands…

The Enable Community Foundation recently announced it has been awarded a $600,000 grant as part of the 2015 Google Impact Challenge. The grant will support the mission of e-NABLE, a global network of volunteers that provides 3-D printed prosthetic hands…

Work-focused rehabilitation intervention was found to have the same effect on patients’ pain and disability scores when compared with controlled interventions, according to researchers. Four hundred thirteen employed patients with back or neck pain who were referred to secondary care…

Clinical Education Concepts has announced the hire of Ann Zevenbergen for the newly created Client Services position, effective June 1, 2015. “We continue to build our orthotic and prosthetic course offerings and enhance our value-added offerings,” Tom McGovern, managing partner…

Clinical Education Concepts has announced the hire of Ann Zevenbergen for the newly created Client Services position, effective June 1, 2015. “We continue to build our orthotic and prosthetic course offerings and enhance our value-added offerings,” Tom McGovern, managing partner…

Adults with obesity who have difficulty losing weight may have a biological variation that changes their energy expenditure response, according to research in Diabetes. In a prolonged inpatient study of 12 men and women using a whole-room indirect calorimeter, researchers…

Richmond, Calif.-based Ekso Bionics Holdings recently announced its Ekso Labs division secured a third contract with the United States Special Operations Command to work on the next phase of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit project. The third phase of…

Richmond, Calif.-based Ekso Bionics Holdings recently announced its Ekso Labs division secured a third contract with the United States Special Operations Command to work on the next phase of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit project. The third phase of…

New York State has eliminated its “one limb per life” restriction effective Jan. 1, 2016. According to a press release from the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP), Donna Frescatore, executive director of New York’s health…

Hanger recently announced the appointment of Cynthia L. Lucchese, CPA, MBA, chief administrative officer and chief financial officer of Hulman & Company, to its board of directors. “Cindy has an extensive depth of experience in financial accounting matters in health…