Arezoo Eshraghi, Zahra Safaeepour

GLASS CEILING AMONG FEMALE PROSTHETISTS & ORTHOTISTS: PERCEPTIONS, OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES FOR MOVING FORWARD

Gender

BACKGROUND: The glass ceiling, a metaphorical barrier hindering women’s career advancement, is prevalent across various sectors, including healthcare....

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Brittany Pousett, Donna Cumming, Clara Phillips, Fae Azhari, Crystal MacKay

PROSTHETIC TREATMENT OF WOMEN WITH LOWER LIMB ABSENCE DURING PREGNANCY & THE POSTPARTUM PERIOD: A CHART REVIEW

Medicine

BACKGROUND: Little information is available for women with lower limb absence (LLA) and their prosthetists regarding expectations for prosthetic treat...

Review:

This retrospective chart review by Pousett et al. addresses a critical and significantly under-researched area concerning prosthetic treatment for wom...

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Surona Visagie, Benje Theron

SOUTH AFRICAN USERS’ FUNCTION AND EXPERIENCE WITH A MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL MICROPROCESSOR KNEE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

Health

BACKGROUND: Microprocessor knees (MPKs) support safe and confident prosthetic walking. Their cost often prohibits prescription in low-and middle- inco...

Review:

This study by Visagie and Theron provides valuable context-specific insights into the function and experience of South African users with the Rheo XC...

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Abdullah Alhuzaymi, Goeran Fiedler

EXPLORING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN GAIT SPEED AND BALANCE IN LIMB PROSTHESIS USERS: A PILOT STUDY

Medicine

BACKGROUND: Increasing balance and stability, along with efficient locomotion, is a high-priority goal of physical rehabilitation after limb loss in o...

Review:

This pilot study admirably addresses a critical gap in the literature concerning the intricate relationship between gait speed and balance in individu...

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Clara Phillips, Aaryan Nagpal, Fae Azhari

A BIOFIDELIC MOCK RESIDUAL LIMB FOR PROSTHETIC SOCKET TESTING

Biomedical

BACKGROUND: Evaluating prosthetic socket fit and function relies on accurately simulating load transfer between the residual limb and the socket. This...

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Alexandra Withey, Dario Cazzola, Abby Tabor, Elena Seminati

WITHIN- AND BETWEEN-SESSION RELIABILITY OF PELVIC MARKER PLACEMENT AND POSTURE IN LOWER-LIMB AMPUTEES

Biomedical

BACKGROUND: Accurate placement of anatomical markers is essential for valid three-dimensional (3D) gait analysis, yet individuals with lower-limb ampu...

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Pegah Amir-Yazdani, Rasha Alhaeik, Marisol Gimeno, Katy Fontaine, Andrei Bursuc, Alexander G Weil, Camille K Costa

FEASIBILITY OF A PILOT RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL ON CRANIAL REMOLDING ORTHOSIS FOR SEVERE DEFORMATIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY

Medicine

BACKGROUND: Prevalence of deformational plagiocephaly (DP) has increased since the “Back to sleep” campaign to counter sudden infant death syndrome. C...

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Bernd Brüggenjürgen, Annika Riemer, Matthias Gapp

LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING "HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF MICROPROCESSOR AND NON-MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PROSTHETIC KNEES"

Health

This Letter to the Editor responds to the article by Bosman et al. ( https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i2.45823 ). Real-world Dutch resource use data f...

Review:

This Letter to the Editor serves as a critical re-evaluation of the health economic analysis presented by Bosman et al. regarding microprocessor-contr...

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CPOJ Editorial Team

CORRIGENDUM: INVISIBLE STRUGGLES: EXPLORING CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN WITH AMPUTATION IN INDIA

Disability

This corrigendum corrects a reference mis-citation in the article "Invisible struggles: Exploring challenges faced by women with amputation in India"...

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This corrigendum addresses a critical error in the original article "Invisible struggles: Exploring challenges faced by women with amputation in India...

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Charlotte Bosman, Corry van der Sluis, Aline Vrieling, Jan Geertzen, Bregje Seves, Henk Groen

RESPONSE TO THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING "HEALTH ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF MICROPROCESSOR AND NON-MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PROSTHETIC KNEES"

Health

We responded to comments by Brüggenjürgen et al. (https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v8i2.46339) regarding our study on cost-effectiveness of different pro...

Review:

This article serves as a direct response to a letter to the editor from Brüggenjürgen et al., critically examining a prior health economic evaluation...

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