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  Coapt Wins Design Award Coapt, Chicago, has been recognized at the 2021 Medical Design Excellence Awards. Coapt's Complete Control System Gen2 was named the silver winner in the Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology category. The panel of jurors included designers, eng...
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  Study Results May Help Reduce Falls in Amputees A team of researchers set out to quantify how people who use transtibial prostheses maintain dynamic balance during 90-degree turns. The results of their study provide insight into training models that could help reduce the high incidence of turn-...
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  Noridian Clarifies Orthotic Billing Healthcare Solutions, the Jurisdiction A and Jurisdiction D Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor, released a statement about the correct billing for custom-fitted orthotics when no custom fitting is completed with no off-th...
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  Diabetic Amputees’ Self-care Is Suboptimal Despite being armed with the required information and guidance, researchers found that self-care, adherence to recommendations, and compliance to medication among patients with diabetic foot ulcers and diabetic lower-limb amputations remains low a...
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  Tracker to Compare Socket and Osseointegration Stumbles Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands, developed a stumble tracker to help measure whether people using osseointegrated prostheses stumble less frequently than users of socket prostheses. Dylan den Hartog, a master student in the...
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  Hanger Reports 1Q 2021 Financials Hanger, Austin, Texas, announced its financial results for the first quarter (1Q) ended March 31. The highlights were as follows: ·        Net revenue was $237.5 million 1, compared to $233.7 million for the same period in 2020, reflecting growt...
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  Bionic P&O Group Acquires Two Bionic Prosthetics and Orthotics Group, headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, acquired two Midwest practices in the last month. The company purchased O&P Options, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Tom Watson's Prosthetics and Orthotics Labs, with clinics in...
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  PrimeFare Central Calls for Abstracts PrimeCare Management Services, Germantown, Tennessee, has called for abstracts for its PrimeFare Central Scientific Symposium being held August 13-14 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The deadline for submissions is May 24. To be considered as a prosthetics, or...
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  Good Mental Health Crucial for Successful Rehab Veterans with combat-related amputations experience numerous challenges, yet few studies have examined patient-reported outcomes, including physical functional status, mental health screening status, and quality of life (QOL), or the relationship...