Year: 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. – Socket design is crucial for running success, and the socket should be anatomically shaped to ensure maximum comfort, according to a presenter here at the American Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium. Peter Harsch, CP, a USA…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Creating a lean office or fabrication facility requires organization and forethought, but for Scott Wimberley, operations and technical director of Fabtech Systems, a lean facility means peace of mind. “Lean is the business operations philosophy that focuses…

Randall Alley, CP, BSc, FAAOP, CFT discusses the role of interface design for transfemoral amputees in this video from the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.          

ORLANDO, Fla. – Charla Howard, a prosthetic research associate at Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, Miss., presented her research on dual-task gait analysis during the Thranhardt lecture series at the American Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. “The reason…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Materials, reinforcement technique and heat treatment impact the mechanical properties of solid ankle foot orthoses, according to a preliminary report presented by Thranhardt Lecture finalists Gary Bedard, CO, FAAOP and Fan Gao, PhD, at the American Academy…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Bruce “Mac” McClellan, CPO, LPO, FISPO, FAAOP, president of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, gave the opening remarks at the American Academy Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, here. McClellan discussed the importance of adequate patient…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Using normative data is helpful for clinicians when interpreting outcome measure scores, according to research presented by Brian Hafner, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Washington in the Department of Rehabilitative Medicine, during the Thranhardt lecture…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Graded motor imagery is a new treatment for chronic pain states, including phantom limb pain. Kerstin Baun, MPH, OTR/L, presented two successful case studies using the therapy at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Diane Atkins, OTR, FISPO presented results of a measure to identify a functional baseline index score for users of an electric multi-articulating hand and electric partial hand digits here at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists…

The Amputee Coalition is accepting applications for the Kathy Spozio Bridge to Ability Scholarships to attend the National Conference from June 27-29 in Orlando, Fla. The scholarship program provides knowledge and information and helps recipients to build confidence and make…