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Volume 15 Supplement 1

Advancements in Prosthetics and Orthotics: Selected articles from the Second World Congress hosted by the American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA)

Research

Publication of this supplement was co-funded by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc. and American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA). The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.

Las Vegas, NV, USA06-09 September 2017

Edited by Michael Highsmith, Phil Stevens, Michael Orendurff and Andreas Kannenberg.

A digital flipbook version of the supplement can be found here.

  1. It is well-known that the risk of cardiac disease is increased for those with lower-limb amputations, likely as a result of the etiology of the amputation. Using a longitudinal population-based dataset, we exa...

    Authors: Benjamin F. Mundell, Marianne T. Luetmer, Hilal Maradit Kremers, Sue Visscher, Kurtis M. Hoppe and Kenton R. Kaufman
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):58
  2. Growing discontent with the k-level system for functional classification of patients with limb loss and movement of healthcare toward evidence-based practice has resulted in the need for alternative forms of f...

    Authors: Tyler D. Klenow, Larry J. Mengelkoch, Phillip M. Stevens, Chris A. Ràbago, Owen T. Hill, Gail A. Latlief, Rodrigo Ruiz-Gamboa and M. Jason Highsmith
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):64
  3. Advances such as targeted muscle reinnervation and pattern recognition control may provide improved control of upper limb myoelectric prostheses, but evaluating user function remains challenging. Virtual envir...

    Authors: Levi Hargrove, Laura Miller, Kristi Turner and Todd Kuiken
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):60
  4. The literature suggests that optimal levels of gait symmetry might exist for lower-limb amputees. Not only these optimal values are unknown, but we also don’t know typical symmetry ratios or which measures of ...

    Authors: Andrea Giovanni Cutti, Gennaro Verni, Gian Luca Migliore, Amedeo Amoresano and Michele Raggi
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):61
  5. Energy storing and return (ESAR) feet are generally preferred over solid ankle cushioned heel (SACH) feet by people with a lower limb amputation. While ESAR feet have been shown to have only limited effect on ...

    Authors: Han Houdijk, Daphne Wezenberg, Laura Hak and Andrea Giovanni Cutti
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):76
  6. Advanced prosthetic knees allow for more dynamic movements and improved quality of life, but payers have recently started questioning their value. To answer this question, the differential clinical outcomes an...

    Authors: Christine Chen, Mark Hanson, Ritika Chaturvedi, Soeren Mattke, Richard Hillestad and Harry H. Liu
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):62
  7. There are few studies of the economic value of orthotic and prosthetic services. A prior cohort study of orthotic and prosthetic Medicare beneficiaries based on Medicare Parts A and B claims from 2007 to 2010 ...

    Authors: Allen Dobson, Kennan Murray, Nikolay Manolov and Joan E. DaVanzo
    Citation: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2018 15(Suppl 1):55

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