The Internet provides a forum for everyone to share an opinion. O&P facility owners should make sure their practice makes a good impression.
Day: February 16, 2016
Design Student Creates Multipurpose 3-D Printed Prosthetic Cover
The LimbU offers a phone charger, audio system, activity tracker and more.
Tubing and Training
It is all about managing expectations.
Early Brace Weaning for Scoliosis Patients Linked With Improved Clinical Results
Patient satisfaction, self-image showed promise, but researchers noted further studies are needed.
US-ISPO Pac Rim 2016
LIHUE, HAWAII — More than 100 participants attended the U.S. National Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Pac Rim Conference to hear speakers on a variety of prosthetic, orthotic, research, business, medical and clinical topics. Highlights…
Survey Identifies Physical, Psychosocial Issues Affecting the O&P Workplace
Recommendations focus on education of patients, payors.
A Family Business With a Global Reach
Karl Fillauer heads an international O&P firm that grew from his immigrant grandfather’s Tennessee drugstore.
A Conversation With Don Pierson, CO, CPed
In this issue, O&P News poses five questions to Don Pierson, CO, CPed, president of operations for Arizona AFO, a central fabrication facility with more than 70 employees in Mesa, Ariz. Pierson has been with the company for 12 years.…
Age Mobility of Patient Affect Likelihood of Receiving a Prosthesis
Data show older patients with limited mobility are significantly less likely to receive a prosthesis.