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The Challenged Athletes Foundation's first National Governing Body partnership plants a development structure inside USRowing rather than distributing individual grants alone. Ten to fifteen emerging Para rowers get funded in year one.
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Prof. Joan Sanders at the University of Washington has published a method for 3D-printing prosthetic sockets with integrated real-time fit sensors. What the research does, who it is aimed at, and where it is in the process.
A preliminary study in Clinical Imaging found that preoperative MRI, processed with open-source 3D Slicer software, can estimate breast volume within 0.5 percent across three test cases. The researchers say the method could give post-mastectomy patients a more accurate starting point for prosthesis selection without requiring physical exposure during fitting.
Ottobock's inaugural Adaptive Sports Day with the Atlanta Falcons on September 19 in Norcross, Georgia paired running prosthesis fittings with mechanics coaching and football drills. A look at what the day offered and for whom.
Researchers at Zhejiang University of Technology tested a pressure-sensing 'skin' in prosthetic sockets that mimics pain signal processing. In three transtibial amputees, it identified gait problems producing harmful loading in real time.
Most prosthetic foot prescriptions are written from a catalogue, not from experience. Humotech's new mobile clinic in Pittsburgh gives patients a way to test-drive options before committing. Here is what the service involves, why trialing is harder to run than it sounds, and what the model means for how O&P care gets delivered.
A small feasibility study in Clinical Imaging found that open-source 3D segmentation of preoperative breast MRI can produce volumetric measurements accurate enough to guide prosthesis selection, without any post-surgical physical fitting exposure.
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