Author: Terense Kemp

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02678247 Purpose: The overall objective of this study is to provide a more comfortable and functional prosthetic socket for people with transfemoral amputation that will ultimately improve their quality of life. Study type: Interventional Study design: Randomized, efficacy…

Summer is a time for family, friends and fun. In light of summer coming to an end and fall rolling in, O&P News takes a look at how O&P practices and companies spent the time together. While some groups went…

In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Molly McCoy, L/CPO. McCoy is a Washington state licensed, certified prosthetist/orthotist with 20 years of experience in O&P. After graduating from the University of Washington, she completed her residencies at an…

Beatrice Janka, MPO, CPO, has been announced as the winner of the 2016 Thranhardt Award, according to a press release. Beatrice Janka Janka is a clinical prosthetist-orthotist and product development engineer at Becker Orthopedic. She received the award based on…

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia declined to delay proceedings in the Administrative Law Judge backlog suit filed by the American Hospital Association against HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, according to a statement from the National Association for…

Over the past decade, the percentage of hospitals that employ physicians increased by 13%, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Kristin W. Scott, MPhil, PhD, from Harvard Medical School, and colleagues reported that this increase did…

The Paralympic Games concluded in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 18. O&P News has coverage on the medal count and winners. China led the final medal count with 239: 107 gold, 81 silver and 51 bronze. Great Britain had 147 medals:…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule that specifies requirements for registering certain clinical trials and submitting summary results to clinicaltrials.gov. The rule comes as an effort to make information about clinical trials widely available…

Between 2006 and 2012, overall rates of antibiotic use in hospitalized patients did not change significantly, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine. However, James Braggs, PhD, from the CDC, and colleagues identified increases in certain antibiotic classes, including…

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for gathering body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable electronics, according to a recent press release. The research was published in Applied Energy. The lightweight,…