The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) said on October 1 that a draft policy governing coverage of lower-limb prostheses...
Read morePhotograph courtesy of the International Paralympic Committee. Oksana Masters became just the second Paralympian honored as the individual sportswoman of...
Read moreA participant demonstrates a recovery technique. Photograph courtesy of OPAF. Bionic Prosthetic & Orthotics, headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, hosted an...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released its latest webcast in which General Counsel...
Read moreImage shutterstock.com/Olena Yakobchuk A new database supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD)...
Read moreImage courtesy of Challenged Athletes Foundation. As part of the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s (CAF’s) 25th anniversary celebration, the 2018 Aspen...
Read moreIn an open-access study published September 5 in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, researchers examined the association between transfemoral...
Read moreThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects flu season to begin ramping up in the next few months. According to...
Read moreA study published September 4 in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation determined that while people with vascular-related...
Read moreThe most recent report on the economic value of O&P care conducted by Dobson DaVanzo & Associates, Vienna, Virginia, was...
Read moreAARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy & Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond released the following statement in response to lobbying...
Read morePhantom limb pain is a poorly understood phenomenon in which people who have lost a limb can experience severe pain...
Read moreResearchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Zuse Institute Berlin have developed a new generation of opioids that will...
Read moreA study by the American Psychological Association (APA) examined the influence of demographic characteristics, psychological reactions, functionality, coping strategies, and...
Read morePeople with lower-limb loss benefited from a wellness walking program designed for them, but staying committed to the activity remained...
Read moreOn August 1, the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued a final rul that would...
Read moreThe Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) and the First Clinics, along with the United States Tennis Association (USTA) North...
Read moreThe 35th Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 22-27. Traveling from 31 states, 220...
Read moreIn a scientific collaboration between the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, researchers...
Read moreA new study describes the results of a systematic literature search of device-related complications in people with amputations who were...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released its latest webcast in which General Counsel...
Read moreAdult survivors of childhood cancer should be screened for financial problems that might cause them to delay or skip medical...
Read moreThe rhetoric in Hollywood may be changing when it comes to inclusion, but the numbers are not, says a study...
Read moreHeating the polymer allowed the e-whiskers to rise and become three-dimensional. Photograph courtesy of UT Dallas. Researchers at the University of...
Read moreNaked Prosthetics, Olympia, Washington, has been named 1 of 13 medical technologies that are changing lives by Business Insider. Naked...
Read moreResearchers attempting to validate the application of a 3D printing technique as a fabrication method for creating carbon fiber composite...
Read moreThe Amputee Coalition's Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship and Christina Skoski, MD, Scholarship have been awarded for 2018. Madelyn Hubbs...
Read moreEnd-of-life healthcare spending in the United States is not wasteful, a new study says; many recipients of such expenditures...
Read moreStopping long-term opioid treatment does not make chronic, non-cancer-related pain worse and, in some cases, makes it better, Washington State...
Read moreA study published online June 28 in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice concluded that lower balance confidence is associated with less...
Read moreSenators Susan Collins,(R-ME) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have introduced the "Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Act," legislation that would give...
Read moreA team of engineers at Johns Hopkins University has created an electronic skin that will enable individuals with amputations to...
Read moreSasser tests the prosthetic ankle. Photograph courtesy of Vanderbilt University. The Vanderbilt University lab of Michael Goldfarb, PhD, has completed...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released an audio bulletin in which NAAOP President...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetic (NAAOP) has been working with Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) to...
Read moreResearchers at Stanford University and Seoul National University, Korea, have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the...
Read moreCollege Park Industries, Warren, Michigan, and its company, Liberating Technologies, Holliston, Massachusetts, have received three grant awards from the U.S....
Read moreA study conducted at the University of California, Davis, used surface EMG sensors placed on participants' lower legs to test...
Read moreA pilot study published May 19 in Prosthetics and Orthotics International compared crossover feet and energy-storing feet on performance-based tests...
Read moreThe trial will test functionality, gauge the effect on the children's quality of life, and determine how they use the...
Read moreCosta, right, with a First Swim participant. Photograph courtesy of OPAF. The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) named Mabio...
Read moreHanger, Austin, Texas, has launched MIGO, a virtual reality experience designed for people with limb loss and limb difference. The...
Read moreThe American Diabetes Association (ADA) is encouraging people across the country to get moving in honor of its fourth annual...
Read moreThe Lemelson-MIT Program named 14 winners of the 2018 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize on April 10. Tyler Clites, a Massachusetts Institute...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has selected Nicole Ver Kuilen as the recipient of...
Read moreThe National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released it latest webcast in which General Counsel...
Read moreResearchers at The Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, have developed a new treatment technique that could reduce the need for amputations...
Read moreResearchers found that gait and cognitive performance in older people with below-knee amputations were adversely impacted during dual-task gait testing....
Read moreMax Ortiz Catalan, PhD, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, who conducts research using augmented reality to reduce phantom limb...
Read morePixelated electronics built with skin-like materials conform to the complex curves of a hand. Image by L.A. Cicero courtesy of...
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