Author: Terense Kemp

Ottobock has announced Anthony Phillips, of San Diego, as the September winner and Patrick Ward of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., as the October winner of the company’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary photo contest. Phillips’ photo submission shows him crossing the finish…

Employees who work at small, locally owned businesses have the highest level of loyalty to their employers, with rural workers’ commitment based more on size and ownership of the company than job satisfaction, according to researchers at Baylor University. “While…

A study of the effects of locomotion mode recognition errors on the volitional control of powered lower limb prostheses showed differing effects on gait stability, leading to the identification of “critical errors,” according to results published in Institute of Electrical…

Yale medical device start-up 109 Design has received a $100,000 grant to help begin manufacturing a feedback device which attaches to scoliosis orthoses and provides real-time feedback on wear-time and tightness. The company was founded by Yale students Ellen Su,…

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Heikki Uustal, MD, medical director for the Prosthetic and Orthotic Team at JFK-Johnson Rehab Institute, shared the importance of incorporating geriatric management techniques into O&P practice at the New Jersey chapter of the American Academy of…

The Amputee Coalition and the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists have launched a collaborative informational brochure titled “Working Together for a Successful Outcome.” The brochure was created “to help amputees, their families and caregivers ask the right questions and…

Virtual reality-based telerehabilitation programs can produce similar motor improvement results in stroke patients to in-clinic rehabilitation, according to study results published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Researchers conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial in which chronic outpatients with…

Virtual reality-based telerehabilitation programs can produce similar motor improvement results in stroke patients to in-clinic rehabilitation, according to study results published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Researchers conducted a single-blind randomized controlled trial in which chronic outpatients with…

Researchers from the University of Auckland Bioengineering Institute and Fraunhofer, a Germany-based research organization, are collaborating to develop a bionic arm. The Bionic Joint is a human exoskeleton that combines novel wearable sensor technology with mechanisms that can measure and…

Registered European Union charity Legs4Africa is collecting prosthetic legs, with a goal of shipping 1,000 prostheses to The Gambia before Christmas. Legs4Africa will collect prostheses donations from individual amputee donors as well as hospital units to be sent on Dec.…