Author: Terense Kemp

The Amputee Coalition announced that it has signed its first peer support affiliation agreement with MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital. The agreement allows MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital to use Coalition materials and guidelines for peer visitation and to have an official…

The Benevolent Technologies for Health (BETH) project was awarded the $10,000 Daniel M. Lewin Prize in the Accelerate phase of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $100K Entrepreneurship Contest, according to a press release. The BETH project developed a low-cost,…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Jonathan Naft, CPO from Geauga Rehabilitation Engineering in Chardon, Ohio spoke at the American Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium about how myoelectric arm orthoses can be used as a therapeutic tool to improve function for patients…

Hanger Clinic has hired eight new clinicians, according to a company press release. Randy Johnson, CPed attended Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, Wash.and will join the Belleville, Ill. patient care clinic. Harold Johnson, CO received his bachelor’s degree in…

The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc., (ABC) bestowed Donald D. Virostek, CPO, with the William D. Beiswenger Volunteer Award for his volunteer work supporting ABC’s mission and for embodying the spirit of the award. Beginning…

Jurisdiction D DME MAC Medical Review Department completed a widespread prepayment probe review of spinal orthoses L0631 and L0637. The L0631 review involved 101 claims of which 96 were denied, resulting in an overall error rate of 96%, while the…

Long-term use of shoe orthoses significantly reduced diabetes-related amputations, according to study results recently presented at the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics World Congress in Hyderabad, India. Researchers studied 114 Swedish patients with diabetes and a risk of developing…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Prosthetic running feet do not give amputee runners an unfair advantage compared with non-amputee runners, according to Larry Mengelkoch, PhD, PT, who presented study results at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Joan Sanders, PhD, professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington, discussed research to better understand how different activities affect limb fluid volume in transtibial amputees during the Thranhardt lecture series at the American Academy Annual Meeting…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Split-belt treadmill training may provide a solution for improving gait symmetry in patients with an unilateral transfemoral amputation, according to Seok Hun Kim, PT, PhD, assistant professor of physical therapy at University of South Florida. According to…