Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Pediatrics

• Parents of Children With Disabilities Face More Daily Stress

• O&P Business News, March 1, 2009
• Raising a child with a disability can cause more daily stress and long-range health problems than parenting a child without disabilities, according to a...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Researchers Urge Backpack Safety Instead of Style for Kids

• O&P Business News, September 15, 2008
• School children across the world may speak different languages but there is one experience an estimated 90% of all students share: wearing a backpack....More »

• ‘Chilling’ Hardship Rates among Families Raising Disabled Children

• O&P Business News, September 15, 2008
• Families with disabled children are struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and to pay for needed health and dental care. But...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Out-of-pocket Health Care Costs for Disabled Children Vary Widely by State

• O&P Business News, August 1, 2008
• The size of the financial burden on families with disabled children largely depends on which state they live in, according to a study conducted by the...More »

• Health Care Updates

• High School Knee Injuries Compared by Sport and Gender

• O&P Business News, July 1, 2008
• Knee injuries are the leading cause of high school sports-related surgeries according to a study conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Policy...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Minority Children Experience Disparities in Health Care

• O&P Business News, May 1, 2008
• There is a lack of equity in health care for minority children in America, according to data gathered in a nationwide survey and analyzed by a University...More »

• Pediatrics Cover Story

• Instilling Confidence in Parents of Children With Limb Loss

• O&P Business News, April 1, 2008
• Helping children and their parents cope with limb loss and navigate through the process of becoming a prosthetic user is one of the many challenging tasks...More »

• Prosthetics

• Ukrainian Children Receive Prosthetic Limbs

• O&P Business News, November 15, 2007
• In a humanitarian effort to assist the pro-Western, democratically elected government of President Vicktor Yushchenko of Ukraine, Congressman Lincoln...More »

• Legislation

• Congress Returns to Packed Fall Agenda

• O&P Business News, October 1, 2007
• As Congress returns from their August recess, a busy legislative season begins with several NAAOP priorities pending.
  Just prior to leaving for the recess,...More »

• Health Care Updates

• Estimated 15,000 Children Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes Annually

• O&P Business News, August 1, 2007
• Approximately 15,000 children and adolescents in the United States are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and about 3,700 youth are diagnosed with type 2...More »

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