FAAI Launches 12-Week Global Footwear Innovation Lab Linking Clinical Foot Data to Product Design
A new global training programme is aiming to close one of the biggest gaps between clinical foot assessment and footwear…
ISPO Opens Participation Grants to Help CPOs from Emerging Economies Attend Bangkok 2027
The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) has opened applications for participation grants designed to help professionals from low-…
At 23, Amohetsoe Shale Is Building a South African Prosthetic Knee Company Around Affordability
At just 23 years old, Amohetsoe Shale is already combining clinical prosthetics, biomedical engineering and entrepreneurship to tackle one of…
Gaza Al-Irada Amputee Football Team Names Pep Guardiola as Honorary Coach
The Gaza Al-Irada amputee football team has named Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as its honorary coach, recognising the Spanish…
Hari Budha Magar Reveals How a Sherpa Saved His Life After Oxygen Ran Out on Everest
Record-breaking mountaineer Hari Budha Magar has revealed new details of the near-fatal descent that followed his historic 2023 ascent of…
€10 Million ThRIVE Project Aims to Transform Amputation Rehabilitation Across Health Systems
A major new international research programme will examine why the quality of amputation rehabilitation and prosthetic care can vary so…
Swimming Gives Gaza’s Young Amputees a Rare Sense of Freedom and Rehabilitation
A small swimming pool in Khan Younis has become an unlikely rehabilitation space for children in Gaza who have lost…
Sana’a University’s ISPO-Accredited P&O Programme Strengthens Yemen’s Rehabilitation Workforce
A new report from Yemen has brought renewed attention to one of the country’s most important developments in rehabilitation education:…
How Van Phillips Changed Prosthetic Feet Forever — and Created the Modern Running Blade
The modern prosthetic running blade is now one of the most recognisable symbols of Para sport. Its curved carbon-fibre profile…
Light-Emitting Textile Sensors Could Give Prosthetists a New View Inside the Socket
Researchers at Purdue University, working with collaborators from the University of Notre Dame, have developed an embroidered textile sensing system…