Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Perspective

• Lower Extremity Immobilization Negatively Impacts Braking Response Time

• O&P Business News, Spring 2011
• SAN DIEGO — Practitioners should consider counseling their patients against driving when they wear or have been prescribed certain lower-extremity...More »

• Pediatric Portal

• Early Intervention and Orthotics

• O&P Business News, March 2011
  Sean McKale
• Newer research confirms that having children participate in functional activities early on can help to curb inactivity and subsequent medical costs....More »

• Haiti One Year Later

• O&P Business News, March 2011
• More than one year has elapsed since the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010 devastated Haiti. The world – along with many O&P providers – turned its focus on the...More »

• Perspective

• New TSA Security Measures Influence Patients’ Travel Decisions

• O&P Business News, February 2011
• From April to May of 2010, the Amputee Coalition of America (Amputee Coalition) surveyed more than 1,100 of its members to determine their opinions of the...More »

• Tech Views

• Infrared vs. Convection: A Debate Put to Rest?

• O&P Business News, February 2011
  Steve Hill, CO
• Twenty five years ago hardly anyoneheard of infrared (I/R) ovens. Now most O&P labs have one or more I/Rs that they rely on every day to cook plastic.
  For...More »

• Perspective

• Pathology-Specific Orthotics Increase Positive Outcomes in Patients

• O&P Business News, December 2010
• Traditional O&P has focused on fitting patients with shoe orthotics to treat the patients’ symptoms but not necessarily the pathology that has caused the...More »

• Association News

• Proper Orthotic Design Corrects Issues With Entire Body

• November 19, 2010
• ORLANDO, Fla. — Orthotic changes that correct the foot also will improve problem areas elsewhere, according to William J. Smith, MSPT, CPed, and Art...More »

• Pediatric Portal

• Orthotic Treatment of the Toddler with Bowed Legs

• O&P Business News, November 2010
  Janet G. Marshall, CPO/LPO
• Parents often have anxiety regarding their toddler’s bowed legs and they search for solutions through the pediatric orthopedist. Reasons for this...More »

• Industry News Perspective

• Bionic Legs Restore Mobility

• O&P Business News, November 2010
• For many people suffering from some degree of paralysis, the only option for mobility is a wheelchair. Some of those patients may have had to bear that...More »

• Representative Stresses Importance of Communicating Effectiveness of Braces in Treatment of Knee OA

• October 1, 2010
• ORLANDO, Fla. – In 2006 Frost and Sullivan looked at the brace and support industry and said that osteoarthritis (OA) braces were the fastest growing...More »

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