Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• OPTA begins work on central fab manual

• O&P Business News, October 2012
• BOSTON – The Orthotic and Prosthetic Technological Association is in the process of creating industry standard guidelines for central fabrication...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• Quality control is critical in the fabrication process

• O&P Business News, October 2012
• BOSTON – Quality assurance, while time-consuming and tedious, is necessary in the creation of orthotic devices and a simple sheet which details the...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Patients with diabetic neuropathy and foot deformity show most offloading in high-risk locations

• O&P Business News, October 2012
• Patients with diabetic neuropathy and foot deformity showed the highest offloading success rates of custom-made footwear at known high-risk locations,...More »

• Ottobock debuts orthotronic mobility system

• August 24, 2012
• Ottobock has announced the debut of the C-Brace. According to a company press release, the C-Brace helps prevent wear and tear and provides the...More »

• Clinical News

• Heat Sensor Encourages Compliance With Orthosis Wear

• O&P Business News, August 2012
• Using a heat sensor Thermobrace consecutively in a clinical setting showed high compliance with wearing the orthosis among adolescents, according to a...More »

• Clinical News

• Researchers Look to 3-D Technology to Create Orthoses

• O&P Business News, July 2012
• For people with traumatic lower limb injuries, a custom composite ankle-foot orthosis can often salvage the limb and return the wearer to his or her...More »

• Clinical News Perspective

• Injection Molded Foot Wins Medical Design Award

• O&P Business News, July 2012
• The Niagara Foot, a dynamic, injection-molded prosthetic foot, recently received a Medical Design Excellence Award in the rehabilitation and...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Increased stress associated with orthosis wear among patients, parents

• June 19, 2012
• Young patients who wear a body orthosis for the treatment of scoliosis and their parents experience increased stress levels. However, parents tend to...More »

• Clinical News

• Energy Storing Orthosis May Be an Alternative to Amputation After Limb Salvage

• O&P Business News, May 2012
• Patients who have had limbs salvaged after traumatic injuries often struggle to regain full functionality of the limb due to muscle loss, chronic pain and...More »

• Business News

• James C. Russ Remembered

• O&P Business News, May 2012
• James C. Russ, CO, a professor emeritus at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, died on Febuary 25 at the age of 77 years of a heart...More »

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