Moreso than many industries, O&P offers the practitioner different paths to practice and own a business. From owning a mom-and-pop shop to running a Hanger affiliate and everything in between, the opportunities for establishing a practice are only limited by…
Month: July 2012
Take Your Practice to a Higher Level of Patient Care With CAD/CAM
Computer-aided design and manufacture can mean less time spent on fabrication and more on your patients.
Young Innovators: IPT
College students turn off-the-shelf prosthetic arm into non-profit organization.
French-trained Scot Helped Pioneer Amputation Among English-speaking Surgeons
Surgeon Peter Lowe founded the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Researchers Look to 3-D Technology to Create Orthoses
University of Delaware researchers receive $3 million DARPA grant to develop AFOs with 3-D technology.
Injection Molded Foot Wins Medical Design Award
The Niagara Foot, a dynamic, injection-molded prosthetic foot, recently received a Medical Design Excellence Award in the rehabilitation and assistive-technology products category for its innovative and cost effective design. The foot was designed by Robert Gabourie, CP, of Niagara Prosthetics…
Claudia Zacharias among leaders to receive Brava! Award
Claudia Zacharias, MBA, CAE, president and chief executive officer of the Board of Certification/Accreditation, International, has received the Baltimore SmartCEO magazine 2012 Brava! Award, according to a press release. Claudia Zacharias Any female executives leading companies that generate…
USTA Serves awards grant to OPAF
USTA Serves has awarded an $8,000 grant to The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation, Waterloo, Iowa, for its First Volley Adaptive Tennis Clinics. The national initiative of USTA Serves, the National Charitable Foundation of the United States Tennis Association, is…
Records broken at Paralympic Track and Field Trials
At the 2012 Paralympic Track and Field Trials in Indianapolis, Ind., several Hanger patient athletes placed in events including discus throw, shot put, 100m dash, 200m dash and 400m dash, according to a press release. Cameron Clapp…
Ankle arthrodesis shows good outcomes for patients with Charcot osteoarthropathy
Patients who underwent ankle arthrodesis in the coalescence or remodeling stages of Charcot osteoarthropathy before the onset of joint instability, severe deformity and ulcer formation had satisfactory outcomes, according to study published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.…