CNC Milling for O&P Workshops or 3D Printing? SATRES Puts the Workflow First
Should an orthopaedic workshop invest in a CNC milling machine or a 3D printer? SATRES, an Italian manufacturer of both…
TATCOT Tanzania: The Institution That Helped Build Africa’s P&O Workforce
For more than four decades, a training centre in the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi has quietly shaped prosthetic, orthotic…
Mballou Fofana Builds Reported $15 Million Business Portfolio After Limb Loss
More than two decades after losing a leg in an accident, African entrepreneur Mballou Fofana has built a successful hospitality…
Terry Fox: The Amputee Who Turned One Run into a Global Movement
Terry Fox did not complete the journey he set out to make. Yet his unfinished run became one of the…
3D-Printed Prostheses in Syria Cut Cost and Production Time
Rehabilitation centres in northwestern Syria are using digital scanning and 3D printing to produce lower-cost prosthetic limbs more quickly for…
smartARM AI Prosthetic Arm Uses Vision to Automate Grip Selection
Canadian start-up smartARM is developing an AI-powered bionic arm designed to recognise everyday objects and automatically select an appropriate grip,…
Best Prosthetic Foot May Not Be the User’s Favourite, Study Finds
The most technologically advanced prosthetic foot may not be the one a person ultimately chooses. A major randomized crossover study…
Virtual Reality in Prosthetics and Orthotics Education Could Take Practical Training Beyond the Classroom
Orthotist-prosthetist Raghad Weshahi has renewed a call to develop virtual reality as a practical teaching tool for prosthetics and orthotics,…
MEPOS 2026 Highlights Partnership in Paediatric and Military Orthopaedics
The successful conclusion of MEPOS 2026 in Salalah demonstrated what can be achieved when healthcare professionals, researchers, scientific societies and…
FUHSIPOSA Industry Outreach Initiative Connects Nigerian P&O Students with Professional Practice
A new student-led initiative at Nigeria’s Federal University of Health Sciences, Ila-Orangun, aims to give prosthetics and orthotics students earlier…