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O&P experts from the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research, Ottobock, Hanger Clinic, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and Texas Christian University published a special communication in the Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation calling for urgency in establishing specific evidence-based quality measures in O&P.
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The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research will rebrand to Live in Motion Foundation, effective June 24.
The new foundation’s vision is a future where every person can receive transformative mobility care, with a mission to advance the people and ideas that restore mobility, independence, and quality of life.
“The new name reflects a br...
Engineers at Michigan State University developed a soft, flexible wearable sensor platform that improved capture of the body’s electrical signals, which they say will help artificial intelligence systems more accurately interpret movement and control prosthetic devices.
Photograph courtesy of Michigan State University.Most existing wearable sensors rely on rigid elect...
The O&P profession has long understood something that policymakers are only now beginning to recognize: outcomes matter.
For decades, O&P clinicians have focused on restoring mobility, preventing falls, improving independence, and improving quality of life. Yet despite these contributions, the profession has often struggled to demonstrate its value in a way tha...
In 2018, John Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D), wrote a feature article in The O&P EDGE about what O&P providers should call the people they treat. Are they patients, clients, or consumers? He considered how each label can affect patient’s self-perception of themselves, the attitudes toward them, and their clinical relationships.
Aside from discussing th...