NAAOP Press Statement on August 26 Meetings in Maryland and Washington
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) issued the following press statement about the public comment ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) issued the following press statement about the public comment ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) provided the following update about its "We the People" ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) provided the following update about its "We the People" ...
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant funded by the National ...
Plots that relate the neural patterns from each experimental instance show how the plans for gripping either of two objects ...
Brain-controlled prostheses sample a few hundred neurons to estimate motor commands that involve millions of neurons, so tiny sampling errors ...
Future generations of prostheses could include sensors that send signals back to the brain so amputees can feel with their ...
Innovative Prosthetics & Orthotics, with main offices in Hastings, Omaha, and Grand Island, Nebraska, in partnership with the 3D Research ...
Healing times for bedsores and skin ulcers, including those related to diabetes, can be reduced by a third with the ...
"I can put my foot down and my ankle can roll," said test patient Derrick Stone. "If I inadvertently step ...
Living with type 1 diabetes requires constant monitoring of blood sugar levels and injecting insulin daily. Now scientists are reporting ...
A team of researchers from Bournemouth University (BU), Poole, England, have been assessing the impact of lower-limb prostheses on competitive ...
The Amputee Coalition has announced that four recipients will receive the Scott Decker, MD, Memorial Scholarship for the 2015-2016 academic ...
Karpowicz lost his leg when he was 27 years old. Now 67, he is participating in a clinical trial with ...
In the morning, the attendees listened to various presentations that focused on new information and techniques. The training was more ...
Six sensors are attached to the sole of the prosthesis to provide nerve stimulation on the residual limb. Photograph courtesy ...
A material inspired by the physics of geckos' fingertips could allow robotic hands to grip nearly any type of object ...
Zeng displaying his new foam technology. Photograph by Bill Lax, courtesy of Florida State University. Whether it's a football helmet, ...
More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is ...
Mayo Clinic, headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota, and Shriners Hospitals for Children, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, announced that Shriners has become ...
Sorto uses the robotic arm to make a smoothie. Photograph by Spencer Kellis, courtesy of Caltech. Erik Sorto, who is ...
The IMES System bridges the brain to the prosthetic limb, enabling the signals sent from the brain to the amputated ...
Imagine a hand-held electronic device-accessible, portable, and nearly universal-that could reduce pain and discomfort for patients and allow doctors the ...
Hugh Herr. Image courtesy of UT Dallas. Last year, Kathryn Kuehn lost both hands and feet from a sudden bacterial ...
The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) announced its new officers for the 114th Congress (2015-2016): ...
Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System have devised a way to ...
Photograph courtesy of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. Researchers with the BioRobotics Institute at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Pisa, Italy, ...
For all their lethality, cancer cells don't look much different from healthy cells, a simple fact that causes endless pain ...
Users can drive this brain-controlled wheelchair reliably and safely over long periods of time thanks to the incorporation of "shared ...
Filomena Simone, an engineer with the research team led by Professor Stefan Seelecke, is working on the prototype of the ...
Even though an estimated 3 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Exclusive live coverage from Amplitude. Hale shreds the course. Photograph by Maggie Zawalski. The Fairplay ski run at Copper Mountain ...
From left, Gajewski, Walsh, Cohen, Waite, and Leydon show their farm arm capstone project. Photograph by Matthew Modoono, courtesy of ...
A computer-controlled actuator operates a camera that helps a robotic ankle "see" what's ahead. Photograph courtesy of Michigan Technological University. ...
The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarship. The scholarship provides full conference registration ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it has awarded prime contracts for Phase 1 of its Hand ...
The recommendation that adults should get 150 minutes of moderate exercise per week may be too ambitious for many middle-aged ...
If you haven't already experienced telemedicine, you may soon have the option. Technology is helping people connect with their physicians ...
The February 2015 issue of Prosthetics and Orthotics International (POI) is devoted to the prevention and management of foot complications ...
While smokers are likely to hear dozens of reasons why they should quit - ranging from wrinkles to cancer - ...
The Amputee Coalition announced the election of three new members to its board of directors: Dale Brandon Dale, CPO, has ...
Photograph courtesy of UNTHSC After diabetes took part of her left leg, Jackie Smith, 66, worried whether she would ever ...
In another demonstration of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, a woman with quadriplegia used just her thoughts to shape the hand ...
During the holiday season, caregivers can become overwhelmed by their already busy schedules. In fact, a study by the Massachusetts ...
The prosthetic skin attached to a prosthetic hand. Photograph courtesy of Jaemin Kim, Seoul National University, Korea. Researchers in South ...
Using data points at four, eight, and 12 months after discharge from rehabilitation, a team of researchers from Australia conducted ...
A University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) professor applied robot control theory to enable powered lower-limb prostheses to dynamically ...
On November 24, National Disability Institute (NDI) Executive Director Michael Morris issued the following statement on the Achieving a Better ...
Photograph courtesy of NC State University. Powered lower-limb prosthetic devices hold promise for improving the mobility of amputees, but errors ...
The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, is the first in the United States to use the only FDA-approved, drug-coated balloon, ...
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