Fabricating a Dynamic Test Orthosis
In most cases, you would not fabricate a definitive lower-limb prosthesis without first making a check socket. The same principle...
Ethan Payton: Getting a Better Grip
Payton and Miguelez discuss the functional advantages of the Michelangelo Hand. Photographs courtesy of Advanced Arm Dynamics. If you met...
Got FAQs: Prosthetic Medicare audits and billing for shoe inserts for patients who have undergone toe amputation
Billing for O&P devices and care is complicated. Count on "Got FAQs?" to help ensure you are using the most...
Joe Shamp, CPO
Joe Shamp followed in his father's footsteps to pursue a career in O&P-one that has included private practice, active involvement...
O&Pedia: Humanitarian O&P Organizations
Listed below are just a few of the many O&P organizations offering services to those in developing countries. Look for...
Evolution’s Custom Origin Silicone Liner
Origin liners are created from an advanced medical grade silicone formula naturally compatible with human tissue and resistant to fluids...
To Fit or Not To Fit?
Considerations When Fitting Elderly Dysvascular Patients with a Prosthesis Regardless of an amputation's etiology, fitting a prosthesis is no easy...
The Knee-ds of the K2 Transfemoral Amputee
As part of a recent joint educational effort by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) and the...
Aging Gracefully with an Amputation
When working with the elderly patient population, prosthetists generally see two types of people: those who have become amputees during...
Society Spotlight: The Efficiency of Antiperspirant Products to Reduce Perspiration of Residual Lower Limbs
Introduction As many as 50 percent of individuals with lower-limb amputations have demonstrated skin complications during use of their protheses.1...
