Maximizing Patient Potential in an Audit-Intensive World
"Today the research is able to demonstrate the functional value of sophisticated prosthetic feet and the potential reduction of harm...
Outcome Measures: Avenues for Optimizing Prosthetic Performance
Are you optimizing prosthetic performance in your patients? Is improved performance translating into better health for your patients? Are you...
Outcomes: Creating Medical Services with P&O Devices
The P&O profession is somewhat unique among the allied healthcare disciplines in that our efforts can be reduced by some...
Upper-Limb Prosthetics: Seeking the Sense of Touch
I feel, therefore I am. Although philosopher and mathematician Reneì Descartes actually said, "I think, therefore I am," feeling, not...
O&P Preparation for the Transition to ICD-10
All entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will be required to transition to the tenth...
Prostheses in Physically Demanding Work
Although the American workplace continues to shift away from physically challenging civilian occupations dependent on strength and endurance, there are...
How to Fabricate a Molded KAFO, Part II
In the first installment of this series (The O&P EDGE, September 2013), I covered creating a positive mold and surfacing...
Andrew Lourake: Independence Day
Amidst the daylong Fourth of July festivities-a barbecue with friends, water sports, and fireworks-Lt. Col. (Ret.) Andrew Lourake experienced his...
Keeping Athletes in the Game with Custom Sports Orthotics
On a recent early morning, I sat in my sunroom getting ready to head out on a training ride and...
Swimming and Golf Championships
IPC Swimming World Championships Long gets ready to compete. Photograph by André Petit, courtesy of the IPC. The 2013 International...
