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  Integrum Receives Technology Award Integrum AB, Mölndal, Sweden, has received the Swedish Embedded Award 2018 for the development of the first neuroprosthetic technology that allows patients with upper-limb amputations to have natural control and the sensation of touch in thei...
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  LegWorks Cofounder Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Forbes Magazine has named Brandon Burke, cofounder and chief product officer of LegWorks, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, as one of its 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs and innovators. LegWorks produces and delivers high-functioning and affordable pr...
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  DME MACs Revise Dear Physician Letter With Documentation Specifics The Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) published a revised Dear Physician letter on November 13 that addressed the Medicare requirements for documentation within the referring physician's medical records. As i...
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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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  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...