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Spanish Language P&O Texts
Understanding the fundamental principles that guide prosthetic and orthotic practice is one of the most important skills for any practitioner to master. CPO Services is very pleased to be able to post electronic versions of two Spanish language texts with the kind permission of Sidney Fishman, PhD., who headed the P&O program at New York University for many years.
 Dr. Fishman has generously permitted the posting of the entire Spanish language texts on Lower Limb Orthoses and Lower Limb Prostheses, where they can be read, downloaded, or printed without charge - to educate Spanish-speaking prosthetists, orthotists, and other members of the rehabilitation team with an interest in our field. CPO Services has donated the costs of converting these texts into electronic PDF format, and will post one new section of each text every month.
During the period that NYU, UCLA, and NWU were offering the very popular short-term, upgrading courses in prosthetics and orthotics in the United States, NYU was invited to offer a number of similar courses in Europe and Asia. The most extensive of these were held in Finland, Israel, India, Portugal, and Spain. It was the courses in Spain in Lower-Limb Prosthetics that stimulated the excellent translation of the NYU text into Spanish through the generous voluntary efforts of Dr. Pedro Prim of Madrid.
These translations also served as the text for the World Rehabilitation Fund's long-term degree program in prosthetics and orthotics in the Dominican Republic as well as other centers. Although these translated text have not been updated, the fundamental principles and practices described are still relevant and offer an excellent foundation for interested practitioners, who can apply then these fundamental concepts using the materials and components available locally.
We hope that posting these texts will assist colleagues throughout the world who want to advance their clinical knowledge.
 Special thanks to P&O Resident, Marcus Boren, for converting the native PDF files using Optical Character Recognition software that reduces the file size significantly and also permits word searches of the text.
NOTE: Due to the size of these files, it may take many minutes to download each section. To read these files, the Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed. This program can be downloaded for free at:http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
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S.D.
Thank you for sharing info on the S.D.our profession will benefit greatly from sharing the hours of your work. Thanks ,John Micheal !!!
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Re: Options
Thankyou for your info. My 15 year old son started an apprenticeship in September 2003 in November of the same year he was in an accident that resulted in him losing his right arm I have been told a 4 quarter amputaion. Currently he has to... read more
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Re: Re: Options
Forequarter amputation is in many ways a special case in upper limb loss because all of the arm is absent, and only the chest wall remains. The lack of any arm remnant makes it difficult to stabilize the prosthesis and restricts the abilit... read more
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Re: Re: Re: Options
Do you have any suggestions on getting a posthetic shoulder (I am a 4 quarter amputee) that would not strap on but actually beable to adhere to an undershirt and put a shirt over it?
Please email me directly at britseth@aol.com
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Options
Unless you wear a very tight undershirt, I think any shoulder cap attached to it would likely displace and wind up being more annoying than useful. But, with an elastic shirt such as worn for active sports, this might work OK.
I'd be in... read more
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SO helpful...thank you. I have never seen a suspended shoulder cap like that...very refreshing! I am having a difficult time finding the writing about pads in athletic shirts...can you forward a link?
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The URL is http://www.oandp.com/news/jmcorner/2004-06/2.asp . --John Michael CPO
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shoulder disarticulation
Hi
really good info.
i need ur help. my husband met with an accident 3 months before and lost his left hand from shoulder ( almost same as shown in the article)and left leg above knee.
i am in search for upper extremity functional pros... read more
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Re: shoulder disarticulation
Thank you for this inquiry. When both limbs are amputated on the same side, this complicates rehabilitation considerably. I would encourage consideration be given to obtaining an evaluation and opinion from a rehabilitation hospital with ... read more
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Shoudler disarticulation follow up
Very helpful article. Thanks John. Any follow up photos of the finished arm?
THX,
RK
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Re: Shoudler disarticulation follow up
I have a few photos of a S.D.finished If interested email at magur@comcast.net.
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Re: Re: Shoudler disarticulation follow up
i need information i loss my arm shoulder by sarcoma
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Re: Shoudler disarticulation follow up
No, because the patient's prosthetist always does the delivery and follow-up. But, I'll be consulting for them next month, so I'll ask how this gentleman is doing and see if I can get permission to post some "after" shots. --John Michael ... read more
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SD fitting
That was a nicely done article: informative, clear pictures, and realistically written. Thanks
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Re: SD fitting
I'm glad this short summary of many, many hours of work was helpful. Since most practitioners learn visually, I am trying to include photos that show details so the case report narrative can be brief and to the point.
--John Michael CPO
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Re: Re: SD fitting
Sr. John Michael C.O.P. Estimado John, la Sociedad Mexicana de Ortesistas y Protesistas, Asociación Civil, le agradece su participación en el "Foro de Discusión sobre la Educación de Ortesistas y Protesistas en America Latina" celebrado en ... read more
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Re: Re: Re: SD fitting
Gracias, Alberto-
I was very pleased to be present at this important SMOPAC meeting, and will be featuring it in next month's Corner.
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