Rockaway, NJ-based Allard USA in November introduced ESPY award winner Jamie Whitmore as one of the newest members of TeamUp, Allard’s national team for people with limited mobility due to foot drop.
Whitmore joins Allard foot drop team
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November
Lower Extremity Review
Ottobock acquires Ekso bionics patents
Duderstadt, Germany-based Ottobock and Ekso Bionics, headquartered in Richmond, CA, formalized an intellectual property licensing agreement in November that will allow Ottobock to make use of Ekso’s wearable bionics technology in its next-generation prosthetic devices.
APMA, PFA merge 2015 meetings
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the Pedorthic Footcare Association (PFA) announced in November that next year the PFA will hold its Annual Symposium in conjunction with APMA’s Annual Scientific Meeting.
Beattie directs EMU O&P grad program
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Ypsilanti in October named Wendy Fischl Beattie, CPO, FAAOP, new program director and clinical coordinator of its graduate program in orthotics and prosthetics.
APMA joins CDC anti-infection campaign
The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) reported on October 7 that it has joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “One & Only Campaign.”
Neurotech Kneehab shows benefit in MS
A pilot study epublished on October 9 found Minnetonka, MN-based Neurotech North America’s neuromuscular electro-stimulation device is feasible for home use and, when added to progressive resistance training (PRT), improves fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis…
Cytomedix begins Aurix rebranding effort
Gaithersburg, MD-based Cytomedix announced on October 14 that it has relaunched its AutoloGel chronic wound care system under the Aurix brand.
Pistorius receives five-year sentence
South African Judge Thokozile Masipa on October 21 sentenced double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Cascade Dafo offers free online courses
Ferndale, WA-based Cascade Dafo announced in November the release of six free online continuing education courses designed for pediatric O&P practitioners and approved for up to 6.25 continuing education credits by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics.
PBS airs Sigvaris leg healthcare video
PBS in October began airing an educational video segment on chronic venous disorders and benefits of graduated compression made in collaboration with Peachtree City, GA-based Sigvaris and Ariel Soffer, MD, of the Vein Experts Training Academy in Hallandale Beach, FL.
Delcam updates CAD-CAM software
Birmingham, UK-based Delcam Crispin in September launched a new version of its Engineer Pro software for orthopedic footwear manufacturing, which the company said allows creation of bespoke footwear designs in the shortest possible time.
Resistance is useful: Ankle band activates hip during landing
Wearing a resistance band around the ankles during jump landings is associated with increased hip abduction moments and gluteus medius activation, and may be a more functional alternative to the therapeutic exercises typically used to train the same muscles, according…
Training to increase running cadence alters biomechanics but not efficiency
Six weeks of training to increase running cadence is associated with significant changes in kinematics and vertical loading rate, but does not affect running efficiency, according to research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
ATFL data suggest ligament thickening after sprain does not cause instability
Both ankle sprain copers and patients with chronic ankle instability have thickened anterior talofibular ligaments (ATFL), suggesting that these structural changes are not the cause of chronic instability, according to research from the University of Evansville in Indiana.
Out on a limb: In defense of prevention
If athletes knew that decreasing the risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury would be accompanied by a slight decrease in athletic performance, how many of them would find that to be a reasonable tradeoff? The findings of a recent study may have lower extremity practitioners asking themselves this question.
By Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
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