Qualitative Research - April 2020
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Managing Fall Risk
By Maria St. Louis-Sanchez
The effects of a fall for patients with lower-limb amputations can be traumatic. Falls can delay their physical recovery, create financial hardship, and trigger a fear that limits their progress. Unfortunately, most people with lower-limb amputa...
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Qualitative Research: A Different Way of Understanding
By John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D)
How do we determine our patients' needs and effective ways to meet those needs? This question is both philosophical and practical. Clinicians make decisions and recommendations every day based on their understanding of the right way (or at least a...
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SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19 Impacts O&P Facilities, Distributors
By Betta Ferrendelli
The O&P profession continues to address updates issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the ongoing threat of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. O&P clinics and distributors hav...
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Wrong Turn Changes Snowmobiler’s Life
By Betta Ferrendelli
Scott Moltzan woke to sunny, blue skies on a cold day in Fargo, North Dakota, in January 1998. The fields beyond his house were covered in freshly fallen snow. It was a snowmobiler's dream.
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A New Approach to Trimming CAD/CAM Prosthetic Sockets
By Vardan Gazarian, CPO
With computer-aided design (CAD) becoming commonplace in O&P, it behooves us to examine whether our existing processes are still the most efficient when it comes to the manual tasks of fabricating a prosthesis. For example, one of the manual task...
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The Influence of O&P on Biological Mechanical Kinematics
By Michael Wilson, CPO/LP
I recently asked this question on the OANDP-L listserv: Is anybody interested in how the mechanical design and clinical application of extracorporeal orthotics, prosthetics, and robotics (OPR) might directly influence active and voluntary or enact...
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Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium: Create, Innovate, Deliver
By Betta Ferrendelli
With more than 1,700 in attendance, the 50th annual AAOP meeting had lots to offer: networking opportunities, an exhibit hall packed with the latest trends, and booth chats with Betta!
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Billing and Collections Q&A - April 2020
By Lisa Lake
Billing for O&P devices and care is complicated. When you have questions, count on Got FAQs? to help keep your claims on track.
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Editor's Note - April 2020
By Andrea Spridgen
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a compulsive planner. I thrive on order, and having a plan and usually a plan B is conducive to that environment. But as we went into production on this issue of The O&P EDGE , several factors conspired to upen...
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ALPS Valve Integrated Pump (VIP) is just what you need for elevated vacuum systems. Designed with the practitioner in mind, the VIP is easy to install and easy to use. Once the amputee dons the prosthesis and places a seal sleeve over the socket, the pump is activated from the user's weight during heel strike and draws elevated vacuum after toe-off during swing phase. Engineered out of a medical grade silicone and two valves to control the airflow, the VIP is available with two different levels of vacuum to accommodate most users.
WalkOn® AFOs are prefabricated from advanced prepreg carbon composite material designed to help users with dorsiflexion weakness walk more naturally. WalkOn AFOs are lightweight, low profile, and extremely tough. Their dynamic design can help patients achieve a more physiological and symmetrical gait, offering fluid rollover and excellent energy return. WalkOn offers a full range of AFO sizes and designs including the WalkOn Reaction Junior pediatric sizes. Fast and easy to fit, the WalkOn footplate is trimmable and can be shaped with scissors, often requiring only one office visit. Call us or visit 
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The new Small Adult Triple Action® offers true independent adjustment of alignment, range of motion, and stiffness to promote natural, dynamic motion control throughout the gait cycle.
Clinicians now have a new choice for fiberglass feet. WillowWood's Koa™ LP is an ultra-low profile fiberglass foot for K3/K4 amputees. The Koa LP has a 2.6-inch build height, making it one of the lowest profile high-activity fiberglass feet available.
For safe nighttime treatment of correctable pediatric hip contractures, the MultiMotion Hip Abduction System positions the child's legs in an optimal position and stabilizes the hip joint. Stretching the adductors gradually allows for better joint mobilization. The system has adjustable flexion and extension stops: Small has 14° intervals, and Regular has 12° intervals. The Hip Abduction System consists of two components: the MultiMotion Corrective Joint and the Abduction Bars. These two components are mounted to a custom-fabricated orthosis.
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