Month: October 2017

  Tony Thaxton Jr. ATLANTA – O&P News is providing live coverage at the International African American Prosthetic and Orthotic Coalition Annual Meeting, taking place Oct. 26-28 at the Atlanta Marriott Suites Midtown. “The IAAPOC Annual Meeting brings together prosthetists, orthotists,…

Sixty O&P professionals have earned the Approved Clinical Mentor designation from the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education, according to a press release. The course was created by the National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education (NCOPE) to help…

The Orthotic Prosthetic Group of America recently honored 41 O&P providers with its annual Freedom Award, which is given to those who “deliver exceptions standards of care for military personnel,” according to a press release. “Each year, we look forward…

The HHS Agency for Healthcare Quality Research has released a draft review of current scientific literature related to the use of lower limb prostheses. The agency concluded, in part, that there is no evidence to support “the selection of specific…

From children with cerebral palsy not receiving therapy to nerve cell therapy that could restore motor function, O&P has seen no shortage of clinical news throughout October. In case you missed it, below is a list of the latest clinical…

Kenton R. Kaufman Thousands of amputees in the United States who would benefit from microprocessor-controlled devices are denied access to the technology by Medicare and private payers, according to researchers who addressed a National Press Club event Thursday in Washington,…

Researchers from the University of Washington and the University of California Los Angeles have developed a flexible sensor that can be stretched over a prostheses as a “skin,” and accurately sends information regarding sheer forces and vibration, according to a…

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. and Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have entered the next phase of testing and verification in their joint development of soft exoskeleton technology. According to a press release, researchers will now evaluate the exoskeleton…

Maverick McNealy, who made his professional debut with the PGA Tour earlier in October, visited Shriners Hospitals for Children-Northern California in Sacramento, where he putted with patients and viewed the state’s only hospital-based EOS 3-D diagnostic imaging center. According to…

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. announced it has completed internal laboratory testing and design review to begin clinical studies and initial production of a “soft suit” exoskeleton for patients who have experienced a stroke. The new system, called Restore, will be the…