Month: November 2015

This study of patients admitted to a level 1 trauma center for orthopedic injuries showed patients who were obese experienced more complications, as well as longer hospital and intensive care unit stays, than non-obese patients. Researchers collected data for 30…

Using funding from a $425,000 NIH grant, researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will study sensory connections between lower limb amputation sites and prostheses with the goal of improving mobility for amputees. According to a press release from…

Using funding from a $425,000 NIH grant, researchers at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will study sensory connections between lower limb amputation sites and prostheses with the goal of improving mobility for amputees. According to a press release from…

Researchers at Hiroshima University and Daiya Industry Co. Ltd., Japan, have developed a new model of pneumatic muscle and an active type of assistive equipment, according to a recent press release. The wearable equipment, or Unplugged Powered Suit (UPS), supports…

SAN ANTONIO — O&P professionals are all on the same team, according to Brad Watson, BOCO, BOCP, of Bowling Green Orthotics and Prosthetics.

SAN ANTONIO — O&P professionals are all on the same team, according to Brad Watson, BOCO, BOCP, of Bowling Green Orthotics and Prosthetics.

The number of diabetes-related amputations has decreased significantly since the mid-1990s due to improvements in diabetes care, according to results published online ahead of print in Diabetologia. Benjamin Rasmussen, MD, and Henning Beck-Nielsen, DMSc, both of Odense University Hospital Denmark,…

OPIE Software, of Gainesville, Fla., recently announced Restorative Care of America Inc., of St. Petersburg, Fla., has become an integrated supplier within the OPIE Software system and at oandp.com/shop. Restorative Care of America Inc. (RCAI) offers orthopedic and rehabilitative orthoses.…

OPIE Software, of Gainesville, Fla., recently announced Restorative Care of America Inc., of St. Petersburg, Fla., has become an integrated supplier within the OPIE Software system and at oandp.com/shop. Restorative Care of America Inc. (RCAI) offers orthopedic and rehabilitative orthoses.…

The NeuroRecovery Training Institute recently announced Jennifer Richards, CPO, LPO, CPed, FAAOP, will be the instructor of its Advanced Pathologic Gait Assessment and Orthotics course scheduled for March 20, 2016 at Frazier Rehab Institute in Louisville, Ky. Jennifer Richards  …