Foot Ulcer Prevention Goes Remote
NavCare and Orpyx Medical Technologies have partnered to provide a turn-key remote patient monitoring (RPM) telehealth solution to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) and amputations.
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eKare Joins the NIH-Led Diabetic Foot Consortium
eKare has been selected after an open competition to join the Diabetic Foot Consortium (DFC) organized by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a branch of the National Institute of Health (NIH).
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Watch Your Language: “Person-First” is Changing Disability Conversations
Healthcare professionals may do a double-take when they hear disability advocates discuss the latest thinking about how to speak and interact with people affected by disabilities. A new webinar explores “person-first” language and provides updated tips for meeting, greeting, and talking about members of the disabled population.
VitalFitSR Skin Care System for Amputees Debuts at CAF Event
VitalFitSR, developed by dermatologist Paul B. Dean, MD, and others, is formulated to address the skin issues faced by individuals with limb loss and high-risk skin issues.
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Amputees Report Ability to Merge with Their Bionic Leg
A study in Science Translational Medicine documents how scientists were able to successfully characterize and implement bionic leg technology in three amputees to help them merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to look.
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Neuroprosthetic Technology Combines Robotic and Voluntary Control
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands — in particular for amputees — that combines individual finger control and automation for improved grasping and manipulation.
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‘Adaptive’ Film Documents Climb of Canada’s Lotus Flower Tower
Sterling, a rope and life-safety equipment company, announces the release of Adaptive, a documentary that depicts an all-adaptive attempt to climb the remote Lotus Flower Tower in Canada’s Cirque of the Unclimbables.
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Study Documents How Foot Painters’ Toes Work Like Fingers
Using your feet like hands can cause organized “hand-like” maps of the toes in the brain, suggests a study of two professional foot painters led by the Plasticity Lab at University College London.
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Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Katy in Texas Opens its Doors
Encompass Health Corp announces the opening of its 133rd inpatient rehabilitation hospital, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Katy.
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Leg Prosthesis Neurofeedback System Aims to Aid Muscle Control, Pain
An international team of researchers has developed an interface to connect a leg prosthesis with the residual nerves present in the user’s thigh, thus providing sensory feedback to help control the user’s muscles, help reduce the user’s physical and mental strain while walking, and help reduce phantom limb pain.
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Amputation Risk from Smoking a Highlight of PAD Month in September
As part of peripheral artery disease (PAD) month in September, the Society for Vascular Surgery reminds smokers about the effects the habit can have on their ability to stand on their own two feet.
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e-Glove Worn Over Prosthetic Hand Offers ‘Humanlike’ Features
Purdue University researchers have developed an electronic glove, or e-glove, that can be worn over a prosthetic hand to provide humanlike softness, warmth, appearance and sensory perception, such as the ability to sense pressure, temperature and hydration.
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Assessing Blood Flow is Key to Early CLI Treatment and Diagnosis, Per Statement
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association addresses non-invasive techniques and devices for assessing blood flow and other diagnostic considerations for people with critical limb ischemia.
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Born Without a Hand? No Problem — Just Use Your Mind
People of any age born without a hand already have the functionality needed to control a prosthetic device using only their mind, according to a trio of hand surgeons based in Charlotte, NC.
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To Build Better Prosthetics, Study How Wearers Fall
A research team from Vanderbilt University aims to design better prosthetics by studying how non-amputees recover from stumbles. A study describing their work to capture the stumble response was published recently in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
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Prosthetic Featuring Tripod Foot Designed for Terrain Developed at Stanford
Stanford University mechanical engineers report that they have developed a more stable prosthetic leg – and a better way of designing them – that could make challenging terrain more manageable for people who have lost a lower leg.
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For Poor People, Joint Surgery Could Literally Cost a Leg
Low-income patients could be at increased risk for above-knee amputation (AKA), a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery, suggests a study published recently in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
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VA Rehab Centers Receive Xbox Adaptive Controllers Via Partnership
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Microsoft Corp announce a partnership to introduce the Xbox Adaptive Controller — a video game controller designed for people with limited mobility — at select VA rehabilitation centers across the country.
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