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For the final installment of our anniversary column, we researched what news and feature articles from The O&P EDGE received the most views on oandp.com. To add a little spice,...
Read moreFor the final installment of our anniversary column, we researched what news and feature articles from The O&P EDGE received the most views on oandp.com. To add a little spice,...
Read moreIf there is one thing that it seems everyone in the orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic professions can agree on, it's that the industry is continually changing. With increasing documentation requirements...
Read moreProsthetic and orthotic technician Steven Cielinski works with a socket in the lamination room. Photographs courtesy of UMOPC. From its beginnings in the old surgical building on the University of...
Read moreIn the early 1900s, there weren't a lot of regulations in place to protect the safety of U.S industrial workers, and terminal devices for upper-limb prostheses were somewhat limited. This...
Read moreMost people would probably agree that starting a business is no small undertaking. According to a 2011 fact sheet produced by the U.S. Small Business Administration, only 34 percent of...
Read moreFor more than 3,000 years, O&P devices have been enabling individuals to live fuller lives, and for the past ten years, The O&P EDGE has provided valuable, in-depth industry information for prosthetists,...
Read moreDon Cummings. Photograph courtesy of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Small patients sometimes have big needs. Two facilities renowned for their specialized pediatric care are Texas Scottish Rite Hospital...
Read moreWhat began as an idea by an engineering professor to create an advanced education program in prosthetics and orthotics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, was later...
Read moreAfghanistan: (Photograph courtesy of Hanger P&O.) Whether it's landmines in war-torn Afghanistan, hurricanes in the U.S. Gulf Coast, or an earthquake in Haiti, when tragedy strikes, the O&P community responds...
Read moreIn honor of our tenth anniversary, we are pleased to present Looking Back, Looking Ahead, a celebration of the past, the present, and the future—not only for The O&P EDGE,...
Read moreResearchers conducted a 20-year retrospective study examining if there were clinically significant changes in gross motor function with the use...
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