Academy Society Spotlight

Pedorthists like to maintain that good health starts from the ground up, and it is widely appreciated that foot health is an important key to overall health. This point was...

  Payers and other key stakeholders are increasingly expecting more evidence to support and justify healthcare decisions. Evidence-based practice is an approach to healthcare in which clinicians incorporate scientific evidence...

  A few months ago, I treated a bright and mature 12-year-old girl with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). She and her parents were there to discuss the differences in a...

There are over 270,000 people with transfemoral amputations in the United States, with around 40,000 new patients each year.1 Many of them use prosthetic devices to regain independence and mobility; however,...

PROLOGUE It was my turn to drive. There were nine of us in an oversize grey Chevy Suburban driving along one of the most barren expanses of highway in California....

  One of the smallest demographic groups cared for by orthotics and prosthetics professionals are members of the pediatric population who present with acquired or congenital upper-limb differences and have...

IntroductionAs O&P practitioners know, a great deal of intention goes into the casting process. The casting water can't be too hot or too cold, and the material itself has a...

  How do we, as clinicians, provide optimal O&P care for our patients in an ever-changing landscape of payment issues, government oversight, and regulatory policies? This has become an oft-asked...

  It is logical that a scoliosis TLSO that spends more time in a closet—or shoved in a locker— probably isn't doing its owner with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) much...

As microprocessor-controlled knees (MPK) and feet (MPF) are established as the standard of care for people with lower-limb amputations, it is crucial that the clinical benefits of the devices be...