February 2010
The O&P EDGE
edit post Soldier On: How a Landmine Gave Jody Mitic a New Life by Morgan Stanfield January 24, 2010 Mitic rests briefly on the battlefield, just days before losing both
The Great Prosthetic Challenge: Difficult to Fit Cases
Morgan Stanfield
Case Study 1: Walking After 40 Years in a Wheelchair The combination of bilateral transÂfemoral amputations, short residual limbs, and a decade or more without ambulation previously might have meant
Dynamic Brace Beats Post-Polio Boomerang
Miki Fairley
When a 72-year-old retired physician with post-polio syndrome (PPS) presented at Prosthetic Orthotic Associates (POA) in 2008, he was unable to ambulate and used a scooter for mobility. He suffered
R&D Ethics: The Case of the $20 Knee
Morgan Stanfield
From left: Stanford’s JaipurKnee and LeTourneau University’s LEGS M1 Knee: How similar are they? Photograph courtesy of LeTourneau University. Two university teams working to provide highly functional knee joints to
Developing Partnerships
Tonja Randolph
Over the course of your O&P career, you have no doubt developed a number of partnerships with vendors, doctors and referral sources, physiatrists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists—all of those
Ski Spectacular Brings Speed to the Slopes
The O&P EDGE
Youth racer Alex Tomaszewski attacks the slalom course at DS/USA’s National Race FestivalPhotograph courtesy of Reed Hoffman. At Colorado’s Breckenridge Ski Resort, it’s not surprising to encounter speed. Some of
Tackling Tarsal Tunnel
Séamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed
Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) was first recognized in the early 1960s and described as “pain in the proximal medial arch and paresthesia along the lateral and medial plantar nerves.” Paresthesia
Got FAQs?
Lisa_salmon_lake
When you need help with your toughest billing questions, count on ‘Got FAQs?’ to provide you with the information you need to help keep your billing on track. This month’s
Fall into Spring
Michael Carroll
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—especially if you are a student. As of this writing, O&P clinicians are rushing to get deliveries out before the end of the
Soldier On: How a Landmine Gave Jody Mitic a New Life
Morgan Stanfield
Mitic rests briefly on the battlefield, just days before losing both legs to a landmine. Master Cpl. Jody Mitic’s future came to him in a farmer’s field, on an earthen
