A common goal of these practitioners is to help their patients regain mobility. While professionals have the credentials to work in both orthotics and prosthetics, they also have the option to ...

We were the first orthotics and prosthetics program to integrate the residency into the degree. Program graduates are eligible to sit for both Orthotics and Prosthetics board certification exams upon ...

After spending almost a decade on the streets, where she gave birth to several litters, Amira is now being spoiled by her ...

Medicare covers prosthetic devices when a Medicare-enrolled doctor orders them. Part A covers them if surgery takes place in an inpatient setting. Part B covers them if surgery happens in an ...

Orthotists fit external supports and braces for people with weakened or deformed body parts. Their goal is to enable individuals to function to the best of the ability. Prosthetists produce and fit ...

For the second year in a row, Lou-City and Racing Louisville teamed up with the Hanger Clinic to put ... barriers and helping ...

A bionic prosthetic arm designed to help individuals with limb differences has been developed by two computer engineering ...

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services. Hanger is the market leader in the United ...

The BCM Orthotics and Prosthetics Program is focused on contributing to the global community of O&P clinicians, educators, and researchers devoted to advancing the profession. We firmly believe in ...

Prosthetic joint implantations improve patients' quality of life but are associated with complications, including aseptic failure and prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Biofilms are the essential ...

Gillies pioneered new skin graft techniques. In one technique, he moved a patch of skin on the face, called a pedicle. He left the veins attached to it, so it still had a blood supply and could ...