Trexo Lets Children with Disabilities Take a Walk Around the World
Trexo robotic legs gave a group of children with disabilities who had never taken a step, the opportunity to collectively take 20 million steps.
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Ottobock Launches Movao Online Platform for Amputee and Limb Difference Community
Ottobock launches the Movao online platform for the amputee and limb difference community for Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month.
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Forbes Names Hanger One of America’s Best Employers for Second Consecutive Year
Hanger Inc, a provider of outcomes-based orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) patient care services and solutions, celebrates being named one of America’s Best Midsized Employers by Forbes.
Personalizing Treatment for Severe Limb Injuries
People with a transplanted hand demonstrate a more balanced use of their hands than those who use a prosthesis, according to research conducted at University of Missouri.
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Myomo Announces MyoPro 2+
Myomo Inc announces the availability of MyoPro 2+, an enhanced version of its popular MyoPro powered brace.
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Study: Running Prostheses Offer No Competitive Advantage
Amputee sprinters using running prostheses, or blades, have no clear competitive advantage at the 400-meter distance compared to sprinters with biological legs and, in fact, appear to have a significant disadvantage at the start, according to University of Colorado Boulder research.
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Stretchable Pressure Sensor Could Lead to Better Robotics, Prosthetics
In the future, soft robotic hands with advanced sensors could help diagnose and care for patients or act as more lifelike prostheses, according to researchers, in Science Advances.
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Össur’s EMPOWER Program Achieves Renewed HITRUST CSF Certification Status
Össur announces that its Empower by Össur program has earned renewed Certified status for information security by HITRUST.
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Hanger Announces Advisory Board, Research Partners and Industry Collaborators
Hanger Inc announces an external advisory board, along with academic and industry partners who will join the Hanger Institute for Clinical Research & Education (Hanger Institute) in its efforts to advance the clinical practice of orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) and improve patient outcomes.
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New from PROTEOR USA: Freedom ShockWave Prosthetic Foot
PROTEOR USA debuts the Freedom ShockWave, a new PDAC Verified vertical shock carbon fiber prosthetic foot with axial rotation.
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Arm Dynamics and the FDA Study Prosthetic Rehab Outcomes
Two peer-reviewed research papers based on outcome measure data collected at Arm Dynamics examine how patient-reported and performance-based assessments correlate, and what factors impact the perceived function of people who wear an upper limb prosthesis.
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Click Reel Aims to Help Ease Prosthetic Adjustments
The new Click Reel, created by Steamboat-based Click Medical in partnership with Seattle-based design firm IDeology, is designed to empower patients to make micro and macro adjustments of their devices quickly and easily.
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Paralympic Track Athletes Share Running, Mobility Techniques with Amputees
Dozens of children and adults spent Sunday morning in Manchester, N.H., running and playing during an event focused on helping those who have lost limbs or have other limb differences learn how they can be more physically active and fit, Boston Globe reports.
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Orthotist and Prosthetist Assistant Program Launching at Oakland University
A new Orthotist and Prosthetist Assistant Studies (OPA) specialization is being offered within the Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science (EXS) degree program in the Department of Human Movement Science at Oakland University.
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Steeper Upper Limb Myoelectric System Offers Innovation and Evolution
The new Steeper Myoelectric System from Steeper Group is designed to offer patients and clinicians a durable, high-capacity upper limb prosthetic harnessing the power of popular myoelectric technology at an affordable cost.
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Bone-Anchored Prosthetics Improve Mobility and Quality of Life for Leg Amputees, Per HSS Study
Leg amputees who receive bone-anchored prosthetics report high levels of satisfaction compared with those who receive conventional devices, according to new study findings published in JBJS Open Access by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City.
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Bionic Arm Restores Natural Behaviors in Patients with Upper Limb Amputations
Cleveland Clinic researchers have engineered a bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations that allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation, according to new findings published in Science Robotics.
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PSYONIC Launches the Ability Hand, a Bionic Hand You Can Arm Wrestle With
PSYONIC announces the release of the Ability Hand, a bionic hand designed with multi-touch sensory feedback.
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