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  OPAF First Swim Clinic Returns to SC The Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) returned to Greenville, South Carolina, for a First Swim adaptive clinic for those with physical or mobility challenges. Adults and children were in the water working with First Swim Direc...
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  Parents’ Support Effectiveness of Plagiocephaly Orthoses Researchers investigated the clinical effectiveness of cranial molding orthotic treatment for infants with plagiocephaly and the parents' perspectives of the treatment. The research team found that a high percentage of parents felt that the treatm...
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  Study: New Gait Profile Score Quantifies Impairment in CMT While gait analysis has been shown to be a reliable, tool to characterize movement impairment in Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, the complex data has often made it impractical in a clinical setting. A research team set out to test the usefulnes...
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  CPO Joins PPS Orthotic & Prosthetic PPS Orthotic & Prosthetic Services, Chattanooga, Tennessee, has added Dallas Whicker, CPO, CPed, to its staff. Whicker, who has worked in O&P for 28 years, has taken advanced courses in diabetic foot and wound care at the Medical College o...
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  Hanger Posts 3Q Results Hanger, Austin, Texas, released its financial results for the third quarter (3Q) for the period ending September 30. Financial highlights include: Net revenue totaled $262.9 million for the three months ended September 30, compared to $258 mi...
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  Global Standards for O&P Published The International Society for Prosthetics & Orthotics (ISPO) announced that the Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal has published an article called "Global Standards for Prosthetics and Orthotics." The World Health Organization (WHO),...
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  OPAF Receives Swim Grant The Orthotics & Prosthetics Activities Foundation (OPAF) and the First Clinics along with the First Swim Training and Clinic program was recently awarded a $3,600 grant from U.S. Masters Swim and its Adult Learn To Swim program. The funds will...
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  CMS Seeking Comments on OTS Orthoses for Competitive Bidding The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is soliciting comments about including some off-the-shelf (OTS) spinal and knee orthoses in the next round of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Compe...
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  Myomo Posts 3Q Results Myomo, Cambridge, Massachusetts, reported its financial results for the third quarter (3Q) for the period ending September 30. Financial highlights include:   Total revenue was $609,000, compared to $488,540 from the same period of 2017, an...
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  HHS Creates Healthcare Cybersecurity Center The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the opening of the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3). The center, a healthcare cybersecurity threat analysis and incident response partner to the private sector,...
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  Össur Reports 3Q, YTD Results Össur, Reykjavik, Iceland, announced sales growth of 7 percent for the third quarter (Q3) ending September 30, and sales growth of 5 percent for the first nine months of the year. Net sales totaled $145 million compared to $139 million during...
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  Ekso Bionics Makes Changes to Board The board of directors of Ekso Bionics Holdings, Richmond, California, has approved an increase to its board to seven directors and appointed Thomas A. Schreck to fill the vacancy, effective October 30. Schreck will serve as a member of the audit...
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  AOPA Calls for Papers The American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has issued a call for papers for the 102nd Annual AOPA National Assembly to be held September 25-28, 2019, in San Diego. The submission deadline is March 25, 2019. Papers are being accepted...