UCLA researchers recently reported that a 39-year-old man with chronic, complete paralysis was enabled to voluntarily move his legs and take steps while using a robotic exoskeleton. Mark Pollock, who fell from a second-story window in 2010 and was paralyzed…
Year: 2015
Exoskeleton, noninvasive spinal stimulation enables paralyzed man to voluntarily move legs
UCLA researchers recently reported that a 39-year-old man with chronic, complete paralysis was enabled to voluntarily move his legs and take steps while using a robotic exoskeleton. Mark Pollock, who fell from a second-story window in 2010 and was paralyzed…
Playing adaptive sports linked to higher employment, economic impact
The results of a new study from the University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance connect adaptive sports to positive results for the athletes, including higher employment and economic impact. “Our analysis shows that playing an additional year…
Bay Area Makeathon offers tools for development of assistive technologies
Desktop 3-D publishing company MakerBot has announced a partnership with nonprofit group, Tikkun Olam Makers, to host the Bay Area Makeathon, a 72-hour event in which engineers, developers, designers and hobbyists meet to develop assistive technology. The event will take…
Pessimistic Beliefs and No Exercise Can Lead to More Back Pain
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Patients with back pain who have pessimistic beliefs about the future as a consequence of their pain, coupled with little to no exercise, can experience more shoulder, neck and back pain in the future compared with those…
Alabama State University opens Biomechanics and Motor Control Laboratory
Alabama State University recently announced the opening of its Biomechanics and Motor Control Laboratory, one of six such labs in North America. “We are going to use it to improve people’s lives,” Lee Childers, PhD, MSPO, CP, director of the…
OPIE Software Announces Partnership With BULLDOG Tools
OPIE Software and BULLDOG Tools Inc. have announced that BULLDOG is now an integrated supplier within the OPIE Purchasing & Inventory System. BULLDOG, based in Lewisburg, Ohio, designs, engineers and manufactures O&P tools and products. “We continually look for ways…
OPIE Software announces partnership with BULLDOG Tools
OPIE Software and BULLDOG Tools Inc. have announced that BULLDOG is now an integrated supplier within the OPIE Purchasing & Inventory System. BULLDOG, based in Lewisburg, Ohio, designs, engineers and manufactures O&P tools and products. “We continually look for ways…
Noninvasive magnetic stimulation helps patients with Parkinson’s walk
Korean researchers are using a noninvasive form of magnetic stimulation to help patients with Parkinson’s disease walk, according to results published recently in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. The researchers found the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) aids patients…
Preventive Care, Proper Pedorthic Treatment Reduce Ulcer Risk for Patients With Diabetes
Medicare guidelines should be re-evaluated, researchers said.