
October 2009
edit post Challenged Athletes Foundation: Changing the World, One Athlete at a Time by Morgan Stanfield October 1, 2009 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
edit post Challenged Athletes Foundation: Changing the World, One Athlete at a Time by Morgan Stanfield October 1, 2009 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
Chris Lake While prosthetists and patients eagerly await the results of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 (RP2009) initiatives, science fiction is meeting science fact right
John Billock As major breakthroughs in upper-limb prosthetic technology continue to roll out in today’s clinical practice, two specialists in upper-limb prosthetics describe what has most impressed them—and what challenges
Jay Martin, CP, uses the Compas system to calibrate Jim Bob Bizzell’s alignment. Photograph courtesy of Orthocare Innovations. Any prosthetist will tell you that a successfully fitted prosthesis depends, in
If you follow O&P news, you’ve probably heard of Orthocare Innovations, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Through a complex progression of acquisitions, ambitious hiring, and cooperative agreements-plus some native expertise in politics
What is a video worth? That’s what we’d like to find out, but we need your help to do it. The O&P EDGE, in coordination with oandp.com, is launching video
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” —Margaret Mead In 1994, a small group of
Mary Novotny, RN, MS, is a visionary. For the past 35 years, the founder and former president of the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) has been changing the landscape of
The use of stem cells is one of the most promising, yet ethically controversial issues in modern medicine. The primordial cells with the potential to become any tissue in the
If Jim Landrum had any doubt he’d be returning to the water sports he loves after losing his left hand and forearm due to a 2007 fireworks accident, his buddies
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