After an accident took his left leg, Bryan Green refused to let his lower limb amputation keep him from racing.
Author: Terense Kemp
Human-like Prosthetic Hands Rated as ‘Eerie’ by Non-amputees
Researchers from the University of Manchester found non-amputees thought prosthetic hands that resembled real human hands were more “eerie” than mechanical prosthetic hands. “It has been hypothesized that there is an uncanny valley for hands, such that a hand that…
Best Foot Forward
Veteran pedorthists share their strategies for success.
Royal Whitman’s Brace Spanned the Atlantic
First arch support device was unpadded, featured flanges.
Cerebral Palsy Subgroups Developed With 3-D Gait Analysis
Groups will aid in diagnosis, treatment.
VA donates $8 million to adaptive sports for veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $8 million in grants that will provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and service members of the Armed Forces. Funding will allow organizations to plan, manage and implement new sporting programs.…
VA donates $8 million to adaptive sports for veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded nearly $8 million in grants that will provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and service members of the Armed Forces. Funding will allow organizations to plan, manage and implement new sporting programs.…
Ottobock announces August winner of C-Leg photo contest
Ottobock has announced Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., as the winner of Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for August. Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., won Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for the month of August. His…
Ottobock announces August winner of C-Leg photo contest
Ottobock has announced Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., as the winner of Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for August. Hilbert Potter of Louisville, Ky., won Ottobock’s C-Leg 15 Year Anniversary Photo Contest for the month of August. His…
Conference connects prosthetists, families to 3-D-printed prostheses
BALTIMORE — Children and their families, prosthetists and volunteers all gathered to create 3-D-printed prosthetic hands at the first Prosthetists Meet 3-D Printers Conference at Johns Hopkins Hospital, here. Hosted by e-NABLE, many of the event’s attendees were pediatric transradial…
