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John Michael's Corner Welcome to the intersection of orthotics and prosthetics in cyberspace! This month's Corner features highlights from the Swedish national prosthetic and orthotic meeting in Uppsala, and a summary of a very prescient article that was published a quarter of a century ago describing a microprocessor-controlled hydraulic prosthetic knee. Additional chapters are also posted from the texts on lower limb prosthetics and orthotics that have been translated into Spanish.

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This month's Corner includes the next installment of uploads of chapters from the entire Spanish language texts on Lower Limb Orthoses and Lower Limb Prostheses, for downloading or printing. CPO Services is very pleased to be able to post electronic versions of texts used in the former WHO school in the Dominican Republic, with the kind permission of Sidney Fishman, PhD.

I hope you have enjoyed some of the information posted in this monthly Corner. Please leave your comments and suggestions for improvements or topics in the Guest Book.

Thank you.

--John Michael, CPO


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Help me please!
I´m 18 years old girl from Finland I paralysed 3 years ago in a snowboarding accident. My injury is in the area of TH 11-12. I would want to know if UTX Swing orthosis is good for me. I can move (swing) my feet from the hip and another (lef... read more

- Ulla Kulju   12/26/2004

Re: Help me please!
Thank you for this inquiry, Ms. Kulju. It is possible that you would be a candidate for the UTX or for one of the other Stance Control Orthoses, but the only way to answer this question would be to arrange a personal examination by an orth... read more

- John Michael   12/27/2004

I want to find a Journal about UTX orthoses
I want to find a Journal about UTX orthoses. Where can I find a paper?

- Kang sungjae   1/15/2003

Re: I want to find a Journal about UTX orthoses
help

- hashem   2/12/2006

Re: I want to find a Journal about UTX orthoses
To the best of my knowledge, any refereed articles on the UTX will be in Dutch. I don't have access to that literature. You may be able to contact Ambroise Holland for more information. --John Michael CPO

- John Michael CPO   1/19/2003

Microprocessor leg
Hi, I am trying to do a project on microprocessor legs. Can you please let me know which knees are the best out in the market? I will like to compare them and try to understand how they work.

- Yesenia   12/9/2002

Re: Microprocessor leg
There's no short answer to such a question. As of December 2002, there are basically three MP controlled prosthetic knees commercially available in North America. The Blatchford IP+ is a pneumatic swing phase control knee; the Blatchford ... read more

- John Michael   12/9/2002

false leg 1967
Dear John Michael, Can you help me , I am the costume designer for the play 'Buried Child' by Sam Shephard.[ Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney , Australia][set in 1967] One of the key characters is an amputee, he has false leg from above ... read more

- Julie Lynch   7/13/2002

Re: false leg 1967
The external appearance of prostheses did not change much until the 1960s. Prior to that time, almost all artificial limbs were made primarily from wood. Due to the hard out structure, this type is termed "exoskeletal" construction. Most... read more

- John Michael   7/14/2002

UTX orthosis
I have read a few articles about the UTX technology. I am a polio victim and wear a full leg brace. Where would I find out more and perhaps be able to purchase such a brace?

- Ron Rensink   1/24/2002

Re: UTX orthosis
help me

- hashem   2/12/2006

Re: UTX orthosis
UTX is available from Becker in the USA as of September 2002, and a variation called the FreeWalk is available from Otto Bock as of March 2002. --John Michael CPO

- John Michael   12/9/2002

microprocessor leg
hi john, is there a picture existing of this microprocessor leg ? i could not find picture material concerning this product. thank you robert

- Robert KAITAN   10/18/2001

Re: microprocessor leg
Happy Holidays Robert! I apologize for the delayed reply, but I have just now realized that people might post queries many months after these Corners are archived. Unless I happen to stumble onto an old Corner, I have no way to tell when... read more

- John Michael CPO   12/18/2001

Thanks
I m working in Honduras with Handicap International, it s really nice that some book are translated in spanish, we dowload the all the part we could and we used it as reference for a manual of procedure that we are doing. Thanks for all t... read more

- Isabelle Couture cpo   5/1/2001

Re: Thanks
Delighted to know that you have found this resource helpful. --John Michael CPO

- John Michael   12/9/2002

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