Month: July 2015

German engineers have created artificial muscles fibers from shape-memory wire that allow an artificial hand to perform precise movements. Engineers at Saarland University and the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA), led by Stefan Seelecke, PhD, a professor of…

German engineers have created artificial muscles fibers from shape-memory wire that allow an artificial hand to perform precise movements. Engineers at Saarland University and the Center for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA), led by Stefan Seelecke, PhD, a professor of…

Amputee Coalition leaders recently addressed the need for access to prosthetic devices for people with limb loss. According to a press release, the Amputee Coalition is working on a response to the recent Proposed / Draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD)…

How far will one go to advocate? As a pediatric orthotist who works at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Tampa, Fla., I am aware of the daily challenges families face when caring for a loved one with needs. There are…

The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics recently announced a new editor-in-chief for the journal Prosthetics and Orthotics International. Timothy M. Bach, PhD, a recently retired associate professor of biomechanics for La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, has taken over…

The first pediatric bilateral hand transplant was recently performed by surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in collaboration with colleagues from Penn Medicine. The team successfully transplanted donor hands and forearms onto an 8-year-old child who had undergone amputation…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Health care professionals need to take control of diabetes management now to prevent a global pandemic from spreading, according to Katia Langton, DC, CPed. Langton, a former chiropractor who works as a pedorthist at Island Pedorthic Foot…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Health care professionals need to take control of diabetes management now to prevent a global pandemic from spreading, according to Katia Langton, DC, CPed. Langton, a former chiropractor who works as a pedorthist at Island Pedorthic Foot…

Össur has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2015, including sales of $127 million, which corresponded to 7% local currency growth and 8% organic growth. Additionally, bracing and supports sales demonstrated an 8% local currency growth and…

TUCSON, Ariz.  — Second Life Virtual World offers amputees and other people with disabilities an accessible outlet that provides education and support, according to Sandra Winkler, PhD, OTR/L, a researcher at Nova Southeastern University who is studying the use of…