Author: Terense Kemp

The University of Pittsburgh has announced a partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development under a 2-year, $2.3 million sub-award to develop the new International Society of Wheelchair Professionals. According to a press release, the global network will teach…

Relieving pressure on the foot through the use of off-loading improves healing outcomes and reduces complications in patients with diabetic foot ulcers, according to consensus guidelines published in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association.  “The Management of Diabetic…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Tom Gavin, CO, national orthotic specialist for Hanger Clinic, talked about the ways an orthosis can help patients with scoliosis at the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists annual meeting. Gavin…

Myomo has announced an agreement with the nonprofit organization, SoldierSocks, to supply paralyzed veterans with the MyoPro powered arm brace. SoldierSocks has set a goal for the next 3 years of purchasing 120 MyoPro braces for veterans outside the Department…

A Colorado man has become the first bilateral shoulder-level amputee to wear and simultaneously control two modular prosthetic limbs with his mind at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. Les Baugh, who lost both arms 40…

A quadriplegic woman who was fitted with a neurological grid that can connect to a computer in 2012 has reached new progress with the recent ability to give a “thumbs up” by maneuvering a prosthetic arm with her mind. Researchers…

Researchers have developed a light-based sensor that can be used to control the movement of prosthetic limbs, according to study results published in Advanced Materials. Ifor Samuel, PhD and Ashu Bansal, PhD, professors at the University of St. Andrews in…

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston has launched an exoskeleton training program for patients with spinal cord injury. The program will use the ReWalk Robotics exoskeleton system, according to a company news release. ReWalk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides user-initiated…

Scientists have developed a stretchable “electronic skin” closely modeled after human skin that can detect not just the existence of pressure but also the direction of the pressure. The study was published in ACS Nano. Hyunhyub Ko, PhD, associate professor…

Ottobock has announced Ryan Wallace of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., as the November winner of its C-Leg Heroes 15-year anniversary photo contest. Wallace’s submission shows his prosthetic socket, inscribed with the names of his family and community who organized a…