Author: Terense Kemp

Some of the most important features of falls in elderly people might have been missed in previous studies, which are generally based on interviews, incident reports or artificial laboratory simulations. More valid and effective approaches for balance assessment and fall…

SPR Therapeutics and its parent company, NDI Medical, received a $2.77 million Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program Clinical Trial Award to advance SPR’s Peripheral Nerve Stimulation therapy to relieve post-amputation pain, according to a press release. Awarded by the US…

The US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, released its 2013 work plan, which provides brief descriptions of activities to initiate or continue in fiscal year 2013, including forthcoming activities related to suppliers of durable medical…

The National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education announced the launch of the first centralized application service to streamline and simplify the application process for prospective students applying to multiple orthotic and prosthetic programs, according to a press release. The…

BOSTON — Joseph Whiteside, CO presented findings documenting plantarflexion resistance in a variety of commonly prescribed ankle-foot-orthoses (AFOs) at the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association National Assembly here. The study, originally published in the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, was…

BOSTON — If a patient experiences difficulties with socket fit or swelling, sometimes the symptoms may be related to a medication that the patient is taking. Megan Ehret, PharmD, BCPP, associate professor of pharmacology practice at the University of Connecticut,…

Allard USA announced that it has hired Pamela K. Hale, CPO, as its new director of clinical resources. Pamela K. Hale   Hale brings more than 20 years of industry experience to her role, and her knowledge and interests include…

Patients with diabetic foot ulcers have an excess risk for all-cause mortality compared with patients with diabetes without a history of foot ulcers. This risk is partly due to a greater burden of cardiovascular disease, according recent study results. Researchers…

Even with access to health care, males in the military, particularly veterans, are in poorer health compared with civilian men, according to recent study results. Researchers evaluated data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey of 53,000 veterans, 3,700…

Checklists used to assess risk factors such as wrist extension and motion repetition are valid tools for identifying work-related risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries, according to a recent study published in Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation. For…