Author: Terense Kemp

Home-based treadmill walking effectively improved gait performance among patients with transfemoral amputation, supporting the application of training interventions beyond the initial rehabilitation phase, according to recently published data. “Home-based exercise training offers a potentially feasible strategy to continue the rehabilitation…

When using anatomical finite element models of the femur for different levels of bone resection with an osseointegrated intraosseous transcutaneous amputation prosthesis, stress concentrations on the stem/bone interface are seen at the resected, distal end and adjacent to the implant…

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A joint publication has been issued by the Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors with guidelines for suppliers providing off-the-shelf orthoses with parallel codes for custom-fitted versions of the same products. As part of the January 2014 Healthcare Common Procedure…

Patients benefit from early intervention with customized off-the-shelf orthoses.

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Prosthetists and researchers are working to make osseointegration a safer option for amputees.

Javier La Fontaine, DPM, MS, associate professor of plastic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, demonstrated how he used hyperspectral imaging to save a patient’s toe from amputation at the MOEMS-MEMS symposium, part of the recent Photonics…

Össur has announced the launch of its Rebound Cartilage, the first orthosis designed to provide unicompartmental load reduction and range of movement restriction after an articular cartilage defect procedure. The orthosis is designed to offload repaired cartilage while helping patients…

The Department of Health and Human Services released a new security risk assessment tool to help small to medium sized health care provider offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations. The security risk assessment (SRA) tool is the result of…