Author: Terense Kemp

Patients with excessive pronation and chronic foot pain experienced significant pain reduction when assigned to standard intervention, custom-made insole, exercise therapy or a combination of insole and exercise therapy, according to recently published study results. “There is a lack of…

Wesley Martin underwent two battlefield amputations and survived well into his 80s.

For more than 60 novice and veteran athletes, the Games were equal parts camaraderie and competition.

Collaboration across specialties and lessons from combat casualty care contributed to the effective treatment of the victims of the Boston bombings, according to an editorial published in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The authors wrote that “prepositioned collaborative care” between…

Collaboration across specialties and lessons from combat casualty care contributed to the effective treatment of the victims of the Boston bombings, according to an editorial published in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The authors wrote that “prepositioned collaborative care” between…

According to recent study results, even as life expectancy has increased over the past 2 decades, individuals have become increasingly healthier later in life. “With the exception of the year or two just before death, people are healthier than they…

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago welcomed four new residents for 2013-2014, according to a news release. Alicia Foster received a master’s of science in biokinesiology from the University of Southern California. She received her orthotic and prosthetic certificates from California…

Alan Oliveira broke the T43 100 meter world record with a time of 10.57 seconds at the Paralympic Anniversary Games in London on July 28, according to a report in BBC Sport. Oliveira is a 20-year-old bilateral transtibial sprinter from…

Frequent debridement resulted in faster and more complete wound healing, according to study results recently published in JAMA Dermatology. Researchers from Healogics used a web-based clinical management system to collect data from 525 wound care centers between June 1, 2008…

The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) is a valid and reliable clinical tool for assessing balance in individuals with lower limb amputation, according to a study published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The study was conducted by researchers at…