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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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Felicitaciones
Estimado John, quiero felictarte por esta seccion, la contribucion de estos textos tiene un valor incalculable, cuyo beneficio se tarducira en mejores productos para nuestros usaurios, Agradece y felicita nuevamente
Jorge Lopez
Terapeuta ... read more
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Re: Felicitaciones
Many thanks for your words of encouragement. It was my hope that, by making the texts more widely available in Spanish and at no cost, that colleagues worldwide would be able to use these ideas for the benefits of their patients. But, the... read more
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congratulations
Querido John:
Muy inteligente y generoso pensar en los rehabilitadores de habla hispana para ilustrarnos en oandp.
feliz navidad
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Re: congratulations
Thank you for these Holiday wishes. I'm very grateful for Sr. Castillo's efforts each month to provide the translations of this Corner so the information can be shared more widely. Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year to all ou... read more
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Osseointegrated Finger Prosthesis
Hi everyone... I'm looking for any information about " Osseointegrated Finger Prosthesis" and Doctor Manurangsee. If anyone has any information, pictures, or news paper adds... it wouldbe greatly appreciated!! You can e-mail it to: maubicch... read more
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Re: Osseointegrated Finger Prosthesis
I'm not familiar with this particular doctor, but perhaps one of our readers will be. There is a maxillofacial dentist in Thailand with this surname. Research into osseintegrated finger prostheses has be onging in Sweden and Spain for som... read more
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Finding a prosthesis like Mrs. McCartney's
Dear Sir,
Please do not think you need answer me personally. I write to ask where one might procure a limb similar to Mrs. McCartney's. I have friends who have been given quite the run around and only have prosthese I consider "adequte".... read more
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Re: Finding a prosthesis like Mrs. McCartney
There is no such thing as "the best prosthesis", unfortunately. Much like "the perfect spouse", this is a very subjective judgment and there are no shortcuts that insure a good long term outcome - with spouses or artificial limbs. I'm sur... read more
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toys
John - I love your taste in gadgets, keep them coming. Got some headphones on my xmas list now.
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Re: toys
John:
Thanks for the tip severl months back about the RF computer remote. I used mine last week an it made giving a presentation easier. It does have a little learning curve to use without being noticed, I expect that will be overcome so... read more
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Re: Re: toys
You've just warned all who read this month's Corner to watch their goodies, so I won't need to repeat the message. I generally keep my briefcase at my feet when I fly for just that reason. Glad you found the RF remote useful; several othe... read more
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Re: toys
Thanks Ted. I try not to overdo it, but when I stumble onto a really useful doodad, I like to post it here in hopes someone else will find it useful. --John Michael CPO
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Saludo de Navidad y Fin de Año.
Ciudad de Mexico 23 de Diciembre, 2002.
Estimado John Michael, CPO, FAAOP, FISPO:
La Sociedad Mexicana de Ortesistas y Protesistas A. C., y Correos en Español le envia un afectuoso saludo con motivo de las fiestas de Navidad y de Fin de A... read more
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Re: Saludo de Navidad y Fin de Año.
Sr. Castillo- It has been my pleasure to collaborate with cherished friends and colleagues of SMOPAC, and throughout Latin America. Your excellent translations have been invaluable in furthering our dialog and this yeoman's effort is grea... read more
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