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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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Laminated Orthotics
What is the deal with laminating AFOs and KAFOs. I work with Children, and occasionally one breaks a device. We have done hundreds of the typical coploy AFO, KAFO and semirigid foot orthotics. We have a new guy working here and he loves lam... read more
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Re: Laminated Orthotics
The short answer, Greg, is that laminated structures can be more precisely controlled than thermoplastic ones and can also be made far more rigid, either selectively or globally. When those are important clinical criteria, then lamination ... read more
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Trans-Tibial Sockets
Dear folks in the US,
What do you think about one of my websites?
http://home.t-online.de/home/markusthonius/bufa-sockets.html
I don't know, how much this philosophy is known in the US?
Regards from Germany,
Markus Thonius
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about KAFO+ C-leg
stance and swing control of postpolio cases joints instability by a prosthetic joint is a good idea, but demands for a special design and features like as: low-weight, durability, and spe.
small-size. it seems with new-born joints having ... read more
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Re: about KAFO+ C-leg
Ivan's point was to generate just the sort of speculation that you have offered, and you are correct in commenting that a stance control orthosis must be more than just a prosthetic joint grafted onto a KAFO. Ivan just wanted to investigat... read more
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Liners de Silicón para pacientes diabéticos?
Ciudad de México 9 de Septiembre, 2002.
Estimado John Michael, C. P. O. FAAOP:
recibimos un correo de Quito, Ecuador con las siguientes preguntas: ¿Que tipo de forros (liners) son recomendables para pacientes diabéticos? Algunos pacient... read more
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Re: Liners de Silicón para pacientes diabéticos?
Thanks for forwarding this inquiry. I don't think we have any evidence that one brand of liner is superior to another for diabetic patients: they have all been generally but not universally successful. Hygeine is important so both liner a... read more
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Re: Re: Liners de Silicón para pacientes diabéticos?
Ciudad de Mexico 11 de Septiembre, 2002.
Estimado John Michael C. P. O., FAAOP:
gracias por su acertada respuesta y la enviaremos al colega Marco Muñóz técnico en prótesis de la Fundación Hermano Miguel en Quito, Ecuador.
Aprovechamos ... read more
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Re: Re: Re: Liners de Silicón para pacientes diabéticos?
You are welcome to post my comments on any professional forum where they may be helpful. It is always difficult to respond intelligently when there is no opportunity to examine the individual patient, but I try to limit my answers to the g... read more
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Diferencias en la Alineacion de Protesis Transfemorales.
Ciudad de Mexico 13 de Septiembre, 2002.
Estimado John Michael, C. P. O. FAAOP:
nuevamente solicitamos su ayuda profesional. Un colega de Buenos Aires, Argentina esta elaborando su Tesis para graduarse como Licenciado en Ortesis y Protes... read more
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Re: Diferencias en la Alineacion de Protesis Transfemorales.
Clinicians worldwide have been trying to pinpoint the differences between US and German static alignment. To the best of my knowledge, there is no one reference that concisely compares and contrasts these theories. So, I'd recommend a sea... read more
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Congreso Interbor 2002 Valladolid España.
Ciudad de Mexico 18 de Septiembre, 2002.
Estimado John Michael, C. P. O. FAAOP: muchas gracias por su respuesta con relacion a las diferencias en la alineación estática americana y europea. Esta información ha sido enviada a Buenos Aires, ... read more
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Re: Congreso Interbor 2002 Valladolid España.
The Secretariat of INTERBOR can be reached at l.fischer@ueapme.kmonet.be; he can probably provide details on the meeting in Spain. The Spanish Federation of Orthotists and Prosthetists web site is at http://www.fedop.org/index.htm but I di... read more
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