Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Graded motor imagery helps ease phantom limb pain

• O&P Business News, April 2013
• ORLANDO, Fla. – Graded motor imagery is a new treatment for chronic pain states, including phantom limb pain. Kerstin Baun, MPH, OTR/L, presented...More »

• Young Innovators

• Young Innovators: Zach McKinney

• O&P Business News, February 2013
• For lower limb amputees, the loss of sensory information while walking can cause an array of gait deficits and mobility issues, such as shortened stride...More »

• Prosthetics

• Florida State University develops prosthetic socket for veteran amputees

• January 18, 2013
• In a new contract with the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute is developing the...More »

• Clinical News

• Powered Prosthesis Provides Greater Ankle Range of Motion

• O&P Business News, January 2013
• Compared with an energy-storing and energy-returning prosthetic device, a powered prosthetic device demonstrated significantly greater ankle range of...More »

• Clinical News

• New Activity Performance Measurement Shows Mastery of a Prosthetic Limb

• O&P Business News, January 2013
• A new measure of activity performance for adults with upper limb amputation measures how adequately they are able to perform and complete certain tasks.
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• Young Innovators

• Young Innovators: Revolimb

• O&P Business News, January 2013
• After a decade of working with amputees in Haiti, Joe Mahon, CP, often thought about how amputees could benefit if they could adjust their own prosthesis....More »

• Rebuilding Lives

• Back in the Saddle

• O&P Business News, February 2013
• Louisiana native Barry Landry has been roping calves since he was 18 years old. So when he lost his left hand in a work-related accident, he didn’t...More »

• Clinical News

• Seal-In Liner Provides High Patient Satisfaction

• O&P Business News, February 2013
• Patients with unilateral transtibial amputation experienced higher satisfaction and improved prosthetic suspension with a seal-in liner, compared with a...More »

• Cover Story

• Socket Technology and Design: Future of an Evolving Practice

• O&P Business News, February 2013
• As the connection that holds a prosthetic leg or arm to an amputee’s body, the prosthetic socket plays an important role in an amputee’s...More »

• Business News

• The BETH Project Helps Amputees Find the Perfect Socket Fit

• O&P Business News, February 2013
• Asa Hammond, cofounder of the Benevolent Technologies for Health project and undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles, started out in...More »

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