Outcomes: Creating Medical Services with P&O Devices
The P&O profession is somewhat unique among the allied healthcare disciplines in that our efforts can be reduced by some...
The P&O profession is somewhat unique among the allied healthcare disciplines in that our efforts can be reduced by some...
Modern lower-limb prosthetic components can be broadly characterized by their power requirements. Mechanically passive devices that require no external power...
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is an inherited neuropathy characterized by progressive distal muscle weakness. As a result, individuals are often prescribed...
Twenty years ago, a rehabilitation team examined the cognitive function of 14 patients with lower-limb amputation secondary to peripheral vascular...
Hanger Clinic National Orthotics Specialist Curt Bertram with WalkAide patient Amber Konkol. Photograph courtesy of Hanger. Applications of functional electrical...
During the last decade, the O&P industry has enjoyed a technological renaissance. As technologies improve and become more reliable, their...
Today's functional electrical stimulation (FES) devices for the management of foot drop include single-channel, surface-electrode systems such as the Innovative...
Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters...to Patients Over the last several years, there has been a steady escalation of interest in and...
As part of a recent joint educational effort by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) and the...
Prosthetics patients must adapt to a variety of new realities. They place their body weight on artificial legs and reach...
Using a lower-limb prosthetic device can lead to increased cognitive demands, and since measuring cognitive load objectively can be challenging,...
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