Welcome to the intersection of P&O in cyberspace.
This Corner begins with an editorial on the importance of ethics from the President of the American Association of Medical Colleges, continues with some excerpts from an excellent multimedia technical education CD from David Hoy CPO, and concludes with an "Andy Rooney"-type guest commentary from Greg Gruman CP entitled, "A Letter to My Great Grandfather".
All chapters from the Spanish language textbooks on Lower Limb Prosthetics remain available for downloading, along with the classic text from UCLA on Upper Limb Prostheses.
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.
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
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Thank you.
--John Michael, CPO
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You have done very good job
Hi all
Brilliant site!
Nice work...
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400Lb patient
for a patient 36 years old who is in excess of 400 lbs and a community ambulator, with a knee disarticulation amputation, what if any knee is available? OWW no longer makes exo set ups and 350lbs is the highest weigth limit I can find. Any... read more
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Re: 400Lb patient
I can't think of any TF knees, whether KD style or not, rated higher than 350 pounds but perhaps a reader can. Otherwise, contact RehabTECH in Australia via email at rehab.tech@eng.monash.edu.au and request a copy of their report "Componen... read more
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Roy Snelson, CPO (E).
Ciudad de Mexico 27 de Abril, 2006. Estimado John Michael CPO, FAAOP.
Enviamos nuestro mas sentido pesame por el fallecimiento del maestro Roy Snelson, CPO (E), el pasado 24 de Abril. Tuvimos la oportunidad de conocer
personalmente al Sr.... read more
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Re: Roy Snelson, CPO (E).
Thank you, Sr. Castillo, for these words of remembrance about Roy Snelson. He was one of the giants in the field whose drive and wry humor helped the profession to evolve. --John Michael CPO
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CAH information
Hi
I will pass on the fabrication part and go to the gait videos.
After looking at the videos several times I am not sure the AFO’s really help. You could hear more noise at toe strike, with both AFO’s.
One of the problems with the gai... read more
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Re: CAH information
To clarify, John, the video clips excerpted here are specifically intended to illusturate incorrect use of AFOs: too little and too much plantarflexion limitation respectively. The actual CD has a larger series of video vignettes so you ca... read more
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informacion
me pareceiomuy buena su pagina, yo soy ingeniero mecanico y vengo desarrollando una investigacion sobre protesis de tobillo articulado, mi interes es poder fabricar un tobillo adecuado para mejorar la marcha de las personas con discapacidad... read more
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Re: informacion
This is an important developemnt that is being pursued by a number of researchers around the world but has not yet been fully achieved. I am pleased if this Corner contributes to your work. --John Michael CPO
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Re: informacion
Edito en Buenos Aires una guia de proveedores para ortopedias (grafica y web) llamada NUCLEO ORTOPEDICO en la que tratamos de incluir notas interesantes a los ortesistas y protesistas. Lei su comentario en la pagina de oandp y deseo invitar... read more
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Carta a mi Bisabuelo:
Ciudad de Mexico 7 de Marzo, 2006.
Estimado John Michael CPO, FAAOP: Para los practicantes en protesis de hoy en dia es mucho mas sencillo diseñar, elaborar y adaptar una protesis para una persona amputada de la extremidad inferior, si lo ... read more
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Re: Carta a mi Bisabuelo:
Thank you for this commentary, Sr. Castillo. I too was struck by how well the best of our predecessors did with only intuition and commitment to guide their efforts: on of the principle messages from Greg's epistle. Today's vastly more so... read more
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