Author: Terense Kemp

A new study revealed that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and tissue regeneration depending on when they are applied during the…

    Jeff Cain Jeff Cain, MD, a member of the Amputee Coalition’s Board of Directors, has been chosen as president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). In his new role, Cain will advocate on behalf of family…

The Board of Certification/Accreditation, International (BOC) has published a new Accreditation Survival Guide to help facilities through the process of becoming accredited or reaccredited. The guide contains essential tools that potential and current DMEPOS facilities can use as they obtain…

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the British government will invest up to £15m to improve prosthetics services for military veterans who have lost a limb while serving their country. The announcement follows recommendations made in Dr. Andrew Murrison’s…

    Sarah Clark O&P1 announced that Sarah Clark has joined the company as Director of Product Development. Clark is a third generation professional in the orthotics & prosthetics field; her grandfather Dale Clark CP and Dennis Clark CPO were…

According to a study in The Journal of Neuroscience, forcing people to switch from a normal walking pattern to an unusual one — and back again — made them better able to adjust to the unusual pattern the following day.…

The “Haitian Inspiration Tour,” featuring a group of amputee soccer players from Haiti known as Team Zaryen, visited the New York City area Thursday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 21 following 3 days in Washington, D.C. There, the team held…

A prosthetic arm that is controlled by brain signals is in competition for the James Dyson Award. AMO Arm and its two inventors — Michal Prywata and Thiago Caires — have officially moved on to the final round of finalists…

A review and analysis of 26 validated hospital readmission risk prediction models finds that most, whether for hospital comparison or clinical purposes, have poor predictive ability, according to an article in JAMA. According to the background information in the article,…

Icexpress Progressive Prosthetics announced that two clients — Paralympic athletes Kim Robinson and Derik Schutte — were the first in South Africa to be fitted with the Össur Power Knee. The motorized knee is a ‘smart’ prosthetic limb with the…