Recommendations focus on education of patients, payors.
Year: 2016
A Family Business With a Global Reach
Karl Fillauer heads an international O&P firm that grew from his immigrant grandfather’s Tennessee drugstore.
A Conversation With Don Pierson, CO, CPed
In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Don Pierson, CO, CPed, president of operations for Arizona AFO, a central fabrication facility with more than 70 employees in Mesa, Ariz. Pierson has been with the company for 12 years.…
Age Mobility of Patient Affect Likelihood of Receiving a Prosthesis
Data show older patients with limited mobility are significantly less likely to receive a prosthesis.
Efficacy of pain treatment may be seen on MRI
Treatment of pain with analgesics may be measured through the use of MRI, which could assist with drug development, according to recently published research. “We believe that neuroimaging techniques, such as [functional MRI] FMRI, can provide objective evidence that can…
Ottobock announces formation of new business unit, sales organization
Ottobock recently announced it has formed a new U.S. Orthotics Business Unit. Effective Jan. 1, 2016, the unit is supported by the North American Orthotics Sales Organization. According to a press release, the unit focuses solely on the sales of…
Pilot study shows meditation may help veterans manage chronic pain
Results from a recent pilot study suggest the practice of meditation may help U.S. veterans manage chronic pain. Results are published in Military Behavioral Health. According to a press release, the study, conducted at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center…
VIDEO: O&P care is about the patient
LAS VEGAS — O&P practitioners need to put patient outcomes first, according to Curt Bertram, CPO, FAAOP, director of the National Residency Program and national orthotics specialist for Hanger Clinic. Bertram presented a 2-day program for clinicians who work with…
New exoskeleton helps restore mobility to people with paralysis
An exoskeleton developed by University of California, Berkeley’s Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory helps people with limited mobility walk again. According to a press release, Homayoon Kazerooni, PhD, professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), has…
VIDEO: AMPOWER offers peer-to-peer support for amputees
LAS VEGAS — Katy Sullivan, national coordinator of the AMPOWER program for Hanger Clinic, said the peer support program offers hope and encouragement to amputees.