A soldier named Jerome Motto received caring letters from home in World War II. They helped boost his spirits and...
Read moreResearchers at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections...
Read moreThe International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC’s) “Transforming Lives Makes Sense for Everyone” campaign, which showcases the employment legacy of the London 2012...
Read moreA study published online May 6 in Prosthetics and Orthotics International examined the relationship between balance and walking abilities in...
Read moreKinetic Prosthetics, West Chester, Pennsylvania, recently hosted an OPAF First Dance Clinic in recognition of Limb Loss Awareness Month in...
Read moreIn a study published in April in Advances in Mechanical Engineering, researchers described their design and evaluation of an actuated...
Read moreHarry J. Lawall & Sons, headquartered in Philadelphia, recently hosted back-to-back OPAF First Clinics in Philadelphia and Princeton, New Jersey....
Read moreOn April 15, Marko Cheseto Lemtukei set a new world record in the marathon for bilateral amputee athletes. Cheseto completed...
Read moreAre you active enough? Mark Sederberg, DO, presented a research abstract on the rarely studied topic of exercise rates in the...
Read moreNoting that preferred walking speed is an indicator of walking ability, prosthetic walking potential, and function, researchers set out to...
Read moreSince walking in the community is essential to participate in work, leisure, social activities and family roles, a study explored...
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced multiple indictments and law enforcement actions related to one of the nation's...
Read moreWith the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opening in just over 500 days, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the...
Read moreThe Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), which has helped thousands of athletes with physical challenges gain access to sports, will cap...
Read moreAARP and AARP Foundation filed an amicus brief on April 1 with the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Read moreHanger Clinic recently sponsored a First Swim in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the Harris YMCA. This was the...
Read moreA research team set out to determine if lower median household income (MHI) and Medicaid/no insurance status are associated with...
Read moreAmple cardiorespiratory fitness has been considered a prerequisite for walking with a prosthesis. A study published March 22 in the...
Read moreWhile amputees work in almost every field, even in such demanding jobs as police officers, soldiers, and firefighters, one has...
Read moreBionic limb company Open Bionics, Bristol, United Kingdom, has teamed up with director James Cameron and his new blockbuster, Alita:...
Read moreOne isn’t just the loneliest number. It may also be the unhealthiest. Research led by Laurie Theeke, PhD, RN, a...
Read moreThe United States, on a per capita basis, spends much more on healthcare than other developed countries; the chief reason...
Read moreAccording to a recent study, after a person has limb amputation, the areas of his or her brain...
Read morePhotograph courtesy of EPFL. Copyright Luca Rossina Researchers have developed a next-generation prosthetic hand that allows people with amputations to...
Read moreThe Amputee Coalition and Jack Richmond, CPOA, CFo, announced his retirement from the role of president and CEO. Richmond, who...
Read moreDriving while on prescription opioids plays an increasingly significant role in fatal motor vehicle crashes, irrespective of alcohol use and...
Read moreKinesiologists at McMaster University have found that physical activity may help fight depression in seniors by stimulating muscle-generated mood boosters....
Read moreAn individualized diet based on a person's genetics, microbiome, and lifestyle is more effective in controlling blood glucose (sugar) levels...
Read moreResearchers at Texas A&M University and Tulane University have found that treating amputation wounds in mice with two proteins encouraged...
Read moreRehabilitative care for children with limb differences often includes the provision and use of a prosthesis. However, there is little...
Read moreA California federal judge has certified a class of more than 1,000 UnitedHealth Group beneficiaries accusing the insurer of denying...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics & Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released its latest webcast in which general counsel...
Read morePhil Stevens, MEd, CPO, and Shane Wurdeman, PhD, MSPO, CP, have published a clinical practice guideline that was developed to...
Read moreResearchers from North Carolina State University (NC State), the University of North Carolina (UNC), and Arizona State University (ASU) have...
Read moreDiabetes is caused by damaged or non-existing insulin cells’ inability to produce insulin, a hormone that is necessary in regulating...
Read moreIt’s no secret that drug prices are increasing, but to what extent are rising costs explained by the advent of...
Read moreBy February, nearly 80 percent of Americans will give up on their New Year’s resolutions, but Tomeka Flowers, a Houston...
Read moreExisting prosthetic technologies' adjustable sockets and locking pin tethers can be used in novel ways to help maintain residual limb...
Read moreIndividuals undergoing lower-limb amputations secondary to dysvascular disease were found to have depressive symptoms during the first year after the...
Read moreSports and physical functioning of children with amputations were significantly worse after amputations near the knee when compared with ankle-level...
Read morePhysicians at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine are pioneering the use of primary targeted...
Read moreOn December 3, World Enabled andthe German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) hosted a celebration of the...
Read morePurdue University researchers have developed a shoe insole that could help make the healing process more portable for the 15...
Read moreThe Orthotics & Prosthetics Activities Foundation (OPAF) and the First Clinics along with the First Swim Training and Clinic program...
Read moreForbes Magazine has named Brandon Burke, co-founder and chief product officer of LegWorks, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, as one...
Read moreWELL program participant Patricia Hale works with program coordinator Jennifer Godlew. Image by Elizabeth Debeliso. A Beaumont Health study featured...
Read moreLiles shares her story during NHB's National Disability Employment Awareness Month ceremony.Image by Douglas Stutz.The appearance of U.S. Department of...
Read moreBrazilian athlete and bilateral lower-limb amputee Adriele Silva, 31, looks forward to crossing the finish line at mile 26.2 of...
Read moreThe "nerve-on-a-chip" platform paves the way to using chips to improve neuroprosthetic designs.© 2018 Florent-Valéry Cohen. Scientists at the École...
Read moreMax Ortiz-Catalan, PhD, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, who conducts research using augmented reality to reduce phantom limb pain...
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