Amputees Feel Unprepared for First Prosthesis, Blatchford Survey Finds
Many lower-limb amputees begin one of the most important stages of rehabilitation without knowing what to expect or feeling meaningfully…
Future of P&O Education: Can Training Keep Pace with Digital Practice?
Digital shape capture, computer-aided design, additive manufacturing, data-driven clinical tools and artificial intelligence are changing prosthetics and orthotics. The more…
CRP Bangladesh Hanger Foundation Grant Strengthens P&O Access and Skills
A grant from the Hanger Foundation has helped the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) expand access to…
Six Gaza Clinicians Awarded Scholarships to Strengthen Local Rehabilitation Capacity
Six rehabilitation professionals from Gaza have been selected for scholarships supporting postgraduate study at the University of Strathclyde for the…
CPO of the Week: Mohammed Maulid Abdi from Urban West, Zanzibar
I studied Diploma in orthopaedic technology at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science, Tanzania and graduated in 2023. I…
Gaza Prosthetics Tent Clinic Keeps Essential O&P Care Running After Three Clinics Are Destroyed
Inside a modest tent in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza, prosthetics and orthotics specialist Dr Mohammed al-Khalidi continues to assess patients, adjust…
Predictive Transradial Socket Design Study Maps What Software Can—and Cannot—Automate
New research has taken an important step towards data-driven transradial socket design by identifying which relationships between a residual limb…
Gaza Child Amputees Outgrow Prostheses as Rehabilitation Shortages Deepen
For a child with limb loss, receiving a prosthesis is not the end of treatment. Growth continually changes the relationship…
KSrelief Aden Prosthetics Center Supports 549 Amputees During September
A prosthetics and rehabilitation centre supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre provided services to 549 beneficiaries…
3D Printing Orthotics and Prosthetics: Why Post-Processing Matters as Much as the Printer
As prosthetic and orthotic providers invest in digital scanning, CAD software and additive manufacturing, increasing attention is turning towards a…