edit post Patients With Osseointegrated Implants: Challenges and Possibilities for Prosthetists by Maria St. Louis-Sanchez January 1, 2016 Mark Schaal adjusts components on Fred Hernandez’s prosthesis. Photographs courtesy of Fred Hernandez.
As technology continues to adapt and change, prosthetists may soon have to add a new skillset: working with patients whose prostheses connect to their residual limbs via titanium implants inside
Lower-limb bracing is often targeted at addressing some form of neuromuscular compromise. Individuals burdened by stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, polio, or paralysis are referred to orthotists who fit
When working with multiple individuals from a single patient population, it can be easy to overlook that rehabilitation is a customized experience that should be focused on the unique abilities,
As I sat down to write this month’s viewpoint, reflecting on fresh ways to approach O&P patient care, outcome measurements, and new challenges in prosthetists’ skillsets, a blanket of new
In this edition of Stepping Out, The O&P EDGE makes a departure from the usual focus on pedorthics, as Steven King, DPM, CPed, and Steven A. Gard, PhD, examine how pedorthists and
Before retired Marine Sergeant Josh Elliott was gravely injured from stepping on a 20-pound explosive device while on routine patrol in Afghanistan in April 2011, he was a master swimmer,
It’s that time when we review last year’s actions and take inventory of the new year. Many of us start the new year with resolutions to improve our health, our
I posted on the OANDP-L listserv several months ago expressing my frustration about a business practice that I perceive to be doing long-term damage to our profession and abusing any
As a preview to the article “Keeping Up With Senior Evolution: Meeting the Changing Needs of an Aging Population,” which will appear in the February issue of The O&P EDGE,
