A New Approach to Trimming CAD/CAM Prosthetic Sockets
With computer-aided design (CAD) becoming commonplace in O&P, it behooves us to examine whether our existing processes are still...
Academy Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium: Create, Innovate, Deliver
Live coverage from The O&P EDGE. More than 1,700 people attended the 2020 Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium of the American...
Got FAQs? – April 2020
Billing for O&P devices and care is complicated. When you have questions, count on Got FAQs? to help keep...
Editor’s Note – April 2020
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a compulsive planner. I thrive on order, and having a plan and usually...
Managing Fall Risk
The effects of a fall for patients with lower-limb amputations can be traumatic. Falls can delay their physical recovery,...
Qualitative Research: A Different Way of Understanding
How do we determine our patients' needs and effective ways to meet those needs? This question is both philosophical...
SPECIAL REPORT: COVID-19 Impacts O&P Facilities, Distributors
The O&P profession continues to address updates issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World...
The Influence of O&P on Biological Mechanical Kinematics
I recently asked this question on the OANDP-L listserv: Is anybody interested in how the mechanical design and clinical...
Wrong Turn Changes Snowmobiler’s Life
Scott Moltzan woke to sunny, blue skies on a cold day in Fargo, North Dakota, in January 1998. The fields...