Author: Terense Kemp

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02440711 Purpose: The goal of this study is to evaluate endurance, walking performance, mobility and perceived exertion of transtibial prosthesis users (ie, study participants) walking with a conventional energy storing prosthetic foot (ESF) and a novel modified running-specific…

In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Susan Kapp, MEd, CPO, LPO, FAAOP. Kapp is associate professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and director of the center’s Prosthetics-Orthotics Program. She has held both positions for…

Summer is over. I know that because I went to Staples yesterday. Shopping during “back-to-school week” at Staples is as bad as shopping on Black Friday at the mall. It is packed with unhappy kids and much happier parents, that…

With help of external facilitation, prosthetic clinics could improve quality improvement tactics for lower limb patients.

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02440711 Purpose: The goal of this study is to evaluate endurance, walking performance, mobility and perceived exertion of transtibial prosthesis users (ie, study participants) walking with a conventional energy storing prosthetic foot (ESF) and a novel modified running-specific…

The Amputee Coalition has released a white paper titled “Roadmap for stimulating limb loss research and improving care: Recommendations from the 2015 Limb Loss Task Force.” The recommendations, stemming from the coalition’s 2015 Limb Loss Task Force held in Boston,…

PEL LLC recently announced a partnership with Amoena USA Corporation, a clothing manufacturer tailored to women recovering from mastectomy or breast reconstruction or who are experiencing symmetry issues. According to a company press release, PEL will distribute the Amoena product…

United States Congressman Ryan Costello (PA-06) recently visited Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics’ corporate office in Exton, Pa. According to a company statement, Costello met with Jeffrey M. Brandt, CPO, founder of Ability, and three below-knee amputee patients to discuss legislative…

Eight patients paralyzed from spinal cord injuries regained partial muscle control and sensation in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. The research was led by Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis, PhD,…

To better alleviate racial disparities in BP outcomes, medical practitioners must take BP control programs to people in their communities, researchers wrote in a study published in Ethnicity & Disease. “For people who can come to a clinic-based program, that…