O&P Practitioner
Last Updated: Oct 12
News from The O&P EDGE
- New Technology Allows Real-Time Prosthetic Tuning A team of researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed an algorithm that can be incorporated into the software of any powered prosthesis to automatically tune the amount of power a prosthetic limb needs for a patient to walk comfortably. For example, the algorithm could provide more power to a prosthesis when a patient carries a heavy item.
- Jurisdiction B Conducts Prepayment Review for TLSOs and LSOs
- In Memoriam: Harold Arno Schoene, CP
- Study: Lower-Limb Prosthesis Users Walk Differently During Gait Observation
- Ability P&O Hires
- In Memoriam: Robert Johansen, CO(E)
- UMass Project Will Develop Next Generation of Robotic Lower Limbs
- In Memoriam: Shubert Chang, CPO
- Hanger to Delay 3Q 2015 Quarterly Report Filing
- CMS Announces Timeline for Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding
- Hanger Names New Principal Accounting Officer
- Rehab Systems O&P Technologies Hires
- Hanger to File June 30 Quarterly Report Late
- AOPA Announces New Technical Fabrication Contest
- Oklahoma Attorney General Files Fraud Charges Against Prosthetics Company
- AOPA Names DiBello as Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
- Study: Characterizing the O&P Workplace Environment
- La Trobe University Conducting Survey of P&O Profession Musculoskeletal Disorders; Deadline Extended
- University Students Develop Orthopedic Boot With “Smart” Features
- Prosthetics and Orthotics International Names New Editor in Chief
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- American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM)
- American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy)
- American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC)
- American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)
- Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC)
- Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC)
- U.S. ISPO