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This month's Corner concludes a series of reports from the Academy Annual Meeting in Orlando, highlighting some of the key scientific presentations. It also includes a clever doodad I spotted at the POINT meeting in Ohio, information about a program to increase clinician awareness of cultural issues, and a short report about a recent bilateral fitting of KAFOs using Horton's Stance Control Orthotic Knee Joints. Additional chapters from the Spanish language textbooks in P&O are also now available for downloading
Thanks to the generosity of Sr. Alberto Castillo from Mexico City, the articles in this Corner will now be available in Spanish too. A
brief biography
is posted, listing just a few of Sr. Castillo's many accomplishments. Additional chapters from the texts on lower limb prosthetics and orthotics that have been translated into Spanish are also available for downloading.
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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.
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--John Michael, CPO
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Devisnig Arm Functional Levels
I continue to be thrilled with working in the South Seas. New Zealand's socialised medical scheme offers many strong benefits for its amputees. And what's more, the weather here is nothing like what you get back in the Mid-West: Paradise.... read more
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Re: Devisnig Arm Functional Levels
Hi Jamison- Glad to hear you are enjoying KiwiLand. I'd hoped to make it to the recent world conference, but I had other obligations on this side of the globe that week. To the best of my knowledge, no one in North America is working on ... read more
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Fallecimiento del colega Roberto Calderón Márquez, O. P. 1950 - 2002
Estimado John Michael C. O. P. FAAOP:
Nos permitimos informar con mucha tristeza, a toda la comunidad de Ortésistas y Protesistas de América Latina, que el día 20 de Julio, 2002, falleció nuestro amigo y colega Roberto Calderón Márquez O. ... read more
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Re: Fallecimiento del colega Roberto Calderón Márquez, O. P. 1950 - 2002
May he rest in peace. --John Michael CPO
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Comentario Rapidfit
Apreciado Colega: Tengo la presuncion que el socket que aparece en el trabajo presentado para este componente es dercho y el pie es izquierdo. Puede explicarme la razon, o es un error ?. Atte: R. Nessi. PO.
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Re: Comentario Rapidfit
Excellent observation, Sr. Nessi! The photos are from a display model, not from an actual patient. It appears that the folks at PEL only had a left foot handy so they used it temporarily at the Ohio meeting even though the socket is for a... read more
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Re: Re: Comentario Rapidfit
Apreciado Colega, gracias por su respuesta. Atte: R. Nessi. PO.
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Leyendas en Español:
Ciudad de México 1° de Julio, 2002.
Estimado John Michael: le envío este comentario para solicitarle que las leyendas abajo de las fotografías también aparezcan en Español, en la Edición de Julio de la Esquina de John Michael. En la traduc... read more
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Re: Leyendas en Español:
Thanks for calling this to my attention, Alberto. It seems that the folks at OANDP.COM were working into the wee hours of the night when they set up this month's corner. In addition to omitting the legends in Spanish, we also wound up wit... read more
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Re: Re: Leyendas en Español:
Ciudad de Mexico 2 de Julio, 2002.
Felicitamos a los compañeros de OANDP.COM por la rápida corrección en La Esquina de John Michael del mes de Julio. !Son unos verdaderos profesionales! Asimismo, el breve video clip del paciente utilizando... read more
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Re: Re: Re: Leyendas en Español:
Glad you found the video clip valuable. I think this will be the 'Decade of Stance Control Orthoses' and that these options will gradually change the way we practice as orthotists by making KAFOs more effective treatment for a wider array ... read more
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