April 2018
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2018 Hanger Education Fair Draws More Than 1,100
The O&P EDGE
More than 1,100 Hanger employees from across the country, including over 900 clinicians and therapists, attended the 2018 Education Fair and National Business Meeting in Las Vegas January 29-February 2.
Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium: Share, Inspire, Grow Together
Betta Ferrendelli
More than 1,600 people attended the 2018 National Meeting of the American Academy of Orthotics and Prosthetics (the Academy) February 14-17 in New Orleans. The event drew O&P professionals
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Releases Evidence-based Guidelines for the Treatment of Pediatric Positional Plagiocephaly
Phil Stevens MEd, CPO, FAAOP
The Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) describes itself as “the leader in education and innovation, dedicated to advancing neurosurgery.” Its mission statement goes on to explain, “We practice this by
Forging an Amputee Rehabilitation Clinic
Toran D. MacLeod, PT, PhD
I emphasize my background and training in gait analysis in my practice as a physical therapist and as an educator of doctorate-level physical therapy (PT) students at California State University,
Friddle’s Vacuum Pump Overhaul
Travis Petersen, BOCP, COA
Imagine you have plastic in the oven, about to come out, and you hear the vacuum pump make a horrible noise just before it loses suction. That happened at
Lilly Biagini: Attitude Determines Altitude
Betta Ferrendelli
While many six year olds are still deciding which letter comes next in the alphabet, Lilly Biagini was focused on something much more momentous: she made the decision to have
One Size Does Not Fit All
ANDREA SPRIDGEN
O&P professionals generally place a great deal of emphasis on the customized nature of the devices and services they provide to the people with whom they work, thus eschewing
Patient, Client, or Customer: What Should We Call the People We Work With?
John T. Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D)
In 1981, The O&P Almanac published an article by John Sabolich, CPO, titled “Professionalism Or What?” in which he challenged practitioners to update their practices to reflect a more contemporary,
Updated Evidence on the Efficacy of AFOs in Children With Cerebral Palsy: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Phil Stevens MEd, CPO, FAAOP
When people in O&P think of pediatric AFOs, they likely also think of cerebral palsy (CP). As summarized in the introduction of a recent systematic review on this topic, “Orthotic
