Year: 2016

LAS VEGAS — Post-operative care offers a number of benefits for O&P patients, according to John Rheinstein, CP, FAAOP/D, clinic manager for Hanger Clinic in New York. Rheinstein presented information on post-operative care at the Hanger Education Fair and National…

LAS VEGAS — Lily Guajardo, senior consulting education coordinator for Hanger Clinic, shared information on Hanger’s continuing education (CE) courses for physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurses, case managers and social workers, at the Hanger Education Fair and National Meeting.

LAS VEGAS — Adjustable sockets are one development among those making prostheses more adaptable for children, according to Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP, vice president of Prosthetics for Hanger Clinic. Carroll talked about the advantages of these sockets at the…

LAS VEGAS — William Yule, CP, CoF, of Hanger Clinic shared his tips for working with pediatric amputees, with help from his patient Mikenzie Adams, at the Hanger Education Fair and National Meeting.

Kessler Foundation recently announced it will use an Ekso Bionics exoskeleton in a grant-funded trial to develop new applications for wearable robotic exoskeletons. According to a press release from Ekso Bionics, the multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) is funded by…

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics recently announced the election of Kathy L. Mascola, LPO, CO, BOCPO, to its board of directors. Kathy Mascola   According to a press release from the National Association for the…

Össur reported a 5% increase in sales for the fiscal year 2015 and a 5% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of 2015, according to recently released financial results. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the…

In patients without vitamin D deficiency, supplementation is unlikely to prevent prediabetes from progressing to type 2 diabetes, according to recent findings. Rolf Jorde, MD, PhD, of Tromsø Endocrine Research Group at The Arctic University of Norway, and colleagues evaluated…

Patients who underwent atherectomy during endovascular lower-extremity revascularization had lower rates of amputation, mortality and postprocedural complications compared with patients who did not receive atherectomy, according to data published in The American Journal of Cardiology. Researchers analyzed participants of the…

A recent study published in PAIN found the central nervous system plays a key role in the development of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and its symptoms. Solomon Tesfaye, MD, of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals National Health System Foundation Trust, and colleagues found…