Month: May 2017

WASHINGTON — Members of the O&P community gathered at the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association Policy Forum, here, to prepare for meetings with Congressional representatives. In a preliminary session, Michael Oros, CPO, president of the association, told attendees to focus…

The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics has applauded the reintroduction of a bill to educate veterans with limb loss and other orthopedic injuries about their right to quality O&P care, and called on members to contact…

Shriners Hospitals for Children in St. Louis recently opened a new laboratory that will focus on pediatric musculoskeletal research and regenerative medicine, according to a press release. Last year, a Shriners Hospitals research team led by Farshid Guilak, PhD, created…

Amputations can cause sepsis, and sepsis can cause amputations, Steven Q. Simpson, MD, FCCP, FACP, of the Sepsis Alliance and of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Kansas, said during the Sepsis and Limb Loss:…

Kinetic Prosthetics recently hosted a fundraiser for the Orthotic and Prosthetic Activities Foundation and its First Clinics as part of Limb Loss Awareness Month, according to a press release. The fundraiser entitled, “Limb-itless Possibilities,” was held at the West Chester…

U.S. military service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, who suffered a mild concussion from a blast injury, continued to experience mental health symptoms and a decrease in quality of life for at least 5 years after the incident, according to…

Mexican-Americans who had a stroke were less likely to receive inpatient rehabilitation than non-Hispanic whites, according to researchers from the University of Michigan. “We already know that Mexican-Americans have worse stroke outcomes,” Lewis Morgenstern, MD, a professor at the University…

Ottobock and Bioness Inc. have announced a partnership to expand distribution and access of their functional electrical stimulation devices in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey and India, according to a press release. “Our partnership with Ottobock…

Hanger has filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending Dec. 31, 2014 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a press release. The 10-K form includes financial statements for all of 2014, restated financial statements…

WillowWood has received ISO 13485:2003 certification from National Science Foundation’s International Strategic Registrations, after it met all requirements for a comprehensive quality management system for the design and manufacturing of medical devices, according to a press release. “Obtaining our ISO…