Edited by Michael Highsmith, Phil Stevens, Michael Orendurff and Andreas Kannenberg.
A digital flipbook version of the supplement can be found here.
Volume 15 Supplement 1
Publication of this supplement was co-funded by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc. and American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA). The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.
Las Vegas, NV, USA06-09 September 2017
Edited by Michael Highsmith, Phil Stevens, Michael Orendurff and Andreas Kannenberg.
A digital flipbook version of the supplement can be found here.
It is well-known that the risk of cardiac disease is increased for those with lower-limb amputations, likely as a result of the etiology of the amputation. Using a longitudinal population-based dataset, we exa...
Growing discontent with the k-level system for functional classification of patients with limb loss and movement of healthcare toward evidence-based practice has resulted in the need for alternative forms of f...
Advances such as targeted muscle reinnervation and pattern recognition control may provide improved control of upper limb myoelectric prostheses, but evaluating user function remains challenging. Virtual envir...
The literature suggests that optimal levels of gait symmetry might exist for lower-limb amputees. Not only these optimal values are unknown, but we also don’t know typical symmetry ratios or which measures of ...
Energy storing and return (ESAR) feet are generally preferred over solid ankle cushioned heel (SACH) feet by people with a lower limb amputation. While ESAR feet have been shown to have only limited effect on ...
Advanced prosthetic knees allow for more dynamic movements and improved quality of life, but payers have recently started questioning their value. To answer this question, the differential clinical outcomes an...
There are few studies of the economic value of orthotic and prosthetic services. A prior cohort study of orthotic and prosthetic Medicare beneficiaries based on Medicare Parts A and B claims from 2007 to 2010 ...
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