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  Study: Number of Comorbidities Affects Prosthetic Training Because comorbidities can influence prosthetic training, especially exercise therapy, researchers in the Netherlands conducted a cross-sectional study to describe the prevalence of comorbidity and its relationship with demographic and clinical cha...
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  In Memoriam: Al Pike, CP(e) Alvin C. "Al" Pike, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, passed away June 14 at the age of 76 from leukemia. Pike was born January 6, 1942, in Jackson, Mississippi.
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  Romney Visits Ottobock’s Utah Facility Former Massachusetts governor and 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Ottobock's Manufacturing and Development Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 18. Romney is vying for the Utah senate seat that will be vacated by Sen. Orrin Hatch t...
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  New Electronic Skin Allows Prosthetic Hands to Touch, Feel Pain A team of engineers at Johns Hopkins University has created an electronic skin that will enable individuals with amputations to perceive the sense of touch and pain through prosthetic fingertips. When layered on top of prosthetic hands, the elect...
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  Study Shows Significant Effects of Test Sockets on Pain, Satisfaction, and Functionality Wearing an inappropriate prosthesis can cause pain, stress, skin irritation and ulceration, and even repeated amputations. As a result, the use of test sockets has accelerated in recent years to minimize such complications. The aim of a retrospect...
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  NAAOP Responds to CMS Removal of LCD for Lower Limb Prostheses The National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics (NAAOP) has released an audio bulletin in which NAAOP President Dave McGill responds to the findings of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Interagency W...
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  CMS Removes Draft LCD for Lower Limb Prostheses per Interagency Workgroup In 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) convened the multidisciplinary Lower Limb Prostheses Interagency Workgroup in response to negative feedback to the 2015 Draft Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for Lower Limb Prosthe...
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  UW MSOP Students Host First Swing Students from the University of Washington's Master of Science in Orthotics and Prosthetics (MSOP) program hosted a day-long First Swing Learn to Golf Training and Clinic at the university's driving range facility. The morning session was led by N...
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  Hanger Reports First Quarter 2018 Results Hanger, Austin, Texas, has filed its quarterly report for the three months ended March 31. Financial results reported on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission are as follows: ·        ...
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  O&P Woman of the Year Nominations Open 16.00 The Orthotic and Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA), Waterloo, Iowa, announced that the nomination period for the 2018 O&P Woman of the Year Award is now open. The annual award, organized by OPGA, is open to all women who work in t...