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  Cognitive Load of Pattern Recognition Prostheses Studied A research team led by Maryam Zahabi, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, is studying machine-learning algorithms and computational models to provide insight into the cognitive...
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  PT, OT Associated With Satisfaction With Prosthetic Arm Researchers at the Providence VA Medical Center, Rhode Island; the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University; and Brown University have published a study to describe and compare satisfaction by prosthesis and terminal device type and to...
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  OrthoPro Services Marks 19 Years OrthoPro Services, Dublin, Georgia, marked 19 years in business on January 10. Owner Ryan Gatlin, CPO, says his patients become like family to him. "Anytime I can help a family member out and do something that's going to benefit them and help move...
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  Transtibial Prosthesis Use Can Reduce Sound Side Knee Overloading A group of researchers from Clinical Research & Services/Biomechanics at Ottobock in Gottingen, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, set out to describe the sagittal kinetic and kinematic gait characteristics of the ankle and residual knee joint of the p...
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  Snell P&O CEO to Retire Rick Fleetwood, CEO of Snell Prosthetics & Orthotics, Little Rock, Arkansas, will retire effective January 31. Frank Snell, CPO/L, FAAOP, will continue to serve as president and will assume the CEO position. Fleetwood joined Snell in 1975, where h...
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  Össur 4Q Conference Call Set for Feb. 4 Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, will publish its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4. Össur will host a conference call where Jon Sigurdsson, president and CEO, and Sveinn Solvason, CFO, will...
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  BOC Hires The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has hired Joshua A. Bressler, COF, CDME, as its new survey process specialist. A former member and officer of the BOC board of directors, Bressler's background also includes sales experience at a DME...