Amar Patel. Photographs courtesy of Chris Lake. When Amar Patel lost his left arm due to injuries he sustained in a car accident, he and his prosthetist were determined not
The Pedorthic Footcare Association (PFA) held its 55th Annual Symposium & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, October 24-26. Attendees had the chance to earn continuing education credits by attending business and
In 2011, after working in O&P for more than 30 years, Jack Steele, CO, LPO, FAAOP, opened the Center for Orthotics & Prosthetics Inc. (COPI), Memphis, Tennessee. He sees patients,
I borrowed the title of my column from a line in a Dan Fogelberg song in which the characters reflect on the past while contemplating the present and future, in
THE CONCEPT OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AS A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR UPPER-LIMB PROSTHESES HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S.1 HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT COMMERCIAL EMERGENCE OF COAPT’S
HCR Silicone What do you think about when you consider the use of silicone in prosthetics fabrication? Do you think about the aesthetics of custom restoration, such as silicone gloves?
In 2008, the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) convened a consensus conference in Oxford, England, called Recent Developments in Healthcare for Cerebral Palsy: Implications and Opportunities for Orthotics.
