Specific objectives, frequent feedback key to effective performance appraisals
Month: September 2015
Use of Shoes, Foot Orthoses Leads to Earlier Muscle Activation for Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability
Customized foot orthoses show more positive effects than prefabricated devices.
Fact or Fiction: A Guide to Impending Concerns for the O&P Profession
With various challenges facing the O&P profession, O&P News asks what is real and what is not.
DME LCD Open Comment Meeting and Rally
Aug. 26, 2015 | Linthicum, Md. and Washington, D.C. Members of the limb loss community spoke out against the LCD proposal at a rally in Washington, D.C. organized by the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association.Images: Alexander A, O&P News. Greg…
Diabetic Patients With Lower Extremity Amputation at Higher Risk of Death
Researchers found no link between death and risk factor variables.
Country’s Oldest Certified Prosthetist Spurns Retirement at Age 91
Lifetime worth of experience shows in Al Denison’s work.
Benefits Planning Presents Challenges
Employers who invest in benefits can improve relationships with employees.
A Conversation With Scott Viglianti
In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Scott Viglianti, president and owner of WBC Industries, based in Westfield, N.J. Viglianti graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa. with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1988. He went to…
Athletes With Disabilities Network hosts Sports Ability Day
Aug. 8, 2015 | Cherry Hill, N.J. The Athletes With Disabilities Network (ADN) recently hosted Sports Ability Day, giving people with disabilities the chance to try water sports. Led by Brandon Holiday, ADN program director and amputee athlete, the event…
AOPA Names Legislative Advocacy Award Honorees
The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association has named the 2015 honorees of its Ralph R. “Ronney” Snell Legislative Advocacy Award. Charles Kuffel, MSM, CPO, FAAOP; Teri Kuffel, Esq.; and Rick Riley will be honored as individuals in the field of…