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Year: 2017

Hensley: ‘It is a fabulous time’ for people with O&P needs

March 8, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — David Hensley, CPO, owner of Seattle OP and Valley OP and Motilities Unlimited NW, said it is a “fabulous time for people with prosthetic needs,” at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium.…

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DiBello: O&P is at a ‘tipping point’

March 8, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — The O&P profession is at a tipping point, Tom DiBello, CO, FAAOP, director of clinical and scientific affairs for Hanger Clinic, said at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium. He said the…

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Beattie: O&P is a service, not a product

March 7, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — At the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, Wendy Beattie, CPO, FAAOP, said the most important issue facing O&P practitioners is how to present themselves as experts in their profession. Beattie, who is…

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Carroll: Future is bright for O&P

March 7, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — At the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, Kevin Carroll, MS, CP, FAAOP(D), vice president of prosthetics at Hanger Clinic, described the future of O&P as bright and offered praise for current O&P…

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Para-Rowing camp to provide adaptive sports training to amputees

March 6, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

Amputees who attend the 2017 Para-Rowing International Training Camp and Regatta will have the opportunity to try new prosthetic knees and feet designed for adaptive sports during the Ottobock Fitness Revolution event, according to a press release. “We are excited…

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Height, durometer of orthoses may improve gait

March 4, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — Changing the height and durometer of an orthosis affected the loading of the foot and may have the potential to improve overall gait, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and…

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Speakers: Current political climate poses threats, opportunities for O&P

March 4, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — The current and future political climate for health care may pose both threats and opportunities for the O&P profession, according to speakers at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium. Jared Howell, MS,…

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Researchers poll orthotists, prosthetist-orthotists on treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

March 4, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — A speaker here at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium developed a survey to poll spinal orthotists and to identify areas of agreement or disagreement regarding orthotic biomechanical correction theory of adolescent…

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Adjusting mechanical properties of an AFO improved hemiparetic gait in patient with stroke

March 4, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — Adjusting the mechanical properties, alignment, plantar flexion and dorsiflexion resistance of a novel ankle-foot orthosis improved hemiparetic gait in a patient with stroke, according to data presented at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and…

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Speaker: O&P practitioners should increase use of outcome measures

March 4, 2017 Terense KempUncategorized

CHICAGO — According to a presenter at the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium, 38% of O&P practitioners use outcome measures in their practice and this figure needs to be increased. In a session focused…

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