The FOOT Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Tampa, Fla., recently completed a weeklong project at the children’s hospital in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The O&P clinic was the third since the inception of the foundation. Comprising a team of three…
Day: December 17, 2012
AOPA revises board bylaws
The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) ratified an update to the organization’s bylaws during its national assembly, altering the membership composition of AOPA’s board. Changes include the following: The new board will be composed of two supplier directors, instead…
Neuroprosthetic limbs enhance command signals in individual with tetraplegia
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center successfully performed brain-machine interface training in a 52-year-old woman with tetraplegia, according to study results recently published in The Lancet. The goal of the…