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The National Fitness Hall of Fame (NFHOF), a member-based educational organization that was founded to recognize the efforts individuals and organizations make to practice and promote healthy living, announced that Robert Weil, DPM, has been inducted into its 2023 Hall of Fame. Weil is a longtime sports podiatrist, having treated many…
The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) recently introduced its 2024 board of directors. The Executive Committee will consist of Mitchell Dobson, CPO, FAAOP, who assumes the role of president, along with, Teri Kuffel, JD, who moves into the role of immediate past president and Rick Riley who was appointed to be president-elect after…
The Strength of My Scars is an innovative children’s book series created to instill comfort and hope in pediatric patients and their families. Written by surgeon Maria Baimas-George, MD, MPH, these stories serve as a valuable supplement to conversations with medical professionals with the goal of improving comprehension and…
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), in collaboration with the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) and the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) US Army Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP), has…
Researchers with the Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE) and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Australia, have developed a groundbreaking diagnostic tool to streamline the fitting of bionic prosthetic legs.
Professor Michael Madigan, PhD, and doctoral candidate Youngjae Lee with the Madigan Biomechanics Group in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are working toward a solution to a common problem: trips and falls.
An augmented-reality (AR) headset is an effective digital tool for improving posture, gait, and “freezing” in people with Parkinson’s disease, according to a recent Cleveland Clinic trial. The “Dual-task Augmented Reality Treatment” (DART) uses the Microsoft HoloLens2 to run patients through dual-task training (DTT), a series of…
Balance Health, a comprehensive lower extremity–focused physician practice, has announced that it will be offering a free webinar on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 (8PM ET/7PM CT/6PM MT/5PM PT) to help residents and fellows position themselves in the best way to find their ideal job.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN®) announced the recent publication of a new supportive care patient guideline focused on preventing and treating cancer-associated blood clots, also known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). Research shows that people with cancer are…
A Kennesaw State University (KSU) researcher is partnering with a local company to refine and test a new type of prosthetic foot that enhances function for people with long residual limbs. Professor of exercise science Mark Geil, PhD, received a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s…
A team of researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a superior, multi-pronged wound treatment for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs).
WillowWood® launched a new brand identity to mark its expansion into multiple new product lines and technologies. The company’s new brand identity is a promise to keep pushing the forefront of the orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) industry.
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new organ-on-a-chip model of the human synovium, a membrane-like tissue that lines the joints. The model could help researchers to better understand the mechanisms of arthritis, such as knee osteoarthritis, and to develop new treatments for this group of debilitating diseases.
A team of Rice University engineers has launched a first-of-its-kind, open-source software that constructs and uses personalized computer models of how individual patients move to optimize treatments for neurologic and orthopedic mobility impairments. Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health…
A team at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Health Tech led by Associate Professor Alireza Dolatshahi-Pirouz, PhD, have made a leap forward in tissue regeneration by creating a multi-leveled scaffold that encompasses properties of native bone on the…
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