Cutting Edge
Five Steps for the Introduction to Lower Limb Amputee Running
By Robert Gailey, PhD, PT
Learning how to run with a prosthesis can be very challenging, yet, when simplified into series of relatively basic elements, it can be much easier to learn.
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Global View
Doing Business Abroad: The French Example
By Cherie Zeringue, MSME, BSBmE, MBA
Although this article deals mainly with doingbusiness with French firms, the experience gained can lead to leadto doing business in other countries. When doing business abroad,ask yourself, What effect does the countrys history and its placein the...
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Leading EDGE
New England O and P Systems Company Grows through Co-Ownership
By Mary Bach Fleming
Would all of you O&P practice owners harassed byqualified practitioners beating down your doors please raise yourhand? If thats not a problem at your company, you may beinterested in a strategy used by New England Orthotic andProsthetic Systems LL...
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Today's Consumer
Bilateral Amputation Doesn’t Slow Biker Down
By Miki Fairley
Slime balls who take a handicapparking space when theyre able-bodied had better not try it inOmaha, Nebraska! If they do, they might find themselves getting a ticket from a6'3", 265-lb. guy on a motorcycle, who just happens to be sportingprosthese...
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Got FAQs?
Got FAQs?
By Lisa Lake-Salmon Executive Vice President Acc-Q-Data Inc.
The future of your practice depends onknowledgeable billing and collection information. Understanding thefull aspect of billing guidelines and procedures will effectivelyincrease your reimbursement. This informative column will helpproviders and t...
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Sports Page
Marlon Shirley: World’s Fastest Amputee
The 11-second barrier fell to Marlon Shirley as heset a new men's amputee world record in the 100m sprint June 21 atthe Utah Summer Games (USG) held in Cedar City, Utah. Competingagainst able-bodied athletes, he also took second place. Shirley's a...
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DC Direct
HIPAA Security and the Technical Safegaurds
By Jay Masci, PMP
In the last article we covered the physicalsafeguard standards and have technical safeguards andorganizational safeguards remaining. In this article we will coverthe five technical safeguard standards in detail and how each onewill affect your O&P...
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Profiles
Joe Johnson, BOCP, RTPO Quorum Orthopedic Windsor, CO
Are you better at starting projects or finishingthem? Definitely starting! If you were a musical instrument, what would it be andwhy?
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Perspective
It's Time To Turn the Tide in Education
By Paul Prusakowski, CPO, FAAOP
When I was in high school, I was lucky enough tostumble across orthotics and prosthetics as a career choice. Myjunior and senior year was spent continually flipping through theragged pages of the Clinical Prosthetics and Orthotics journal thatcont...
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Viewpoints
From The Editor
By Miki Fairly
As this issue's feature article, " Total Patient Care: Just a Dream? " points out,a strong multidisciplinary rehab team is highly instrumental inachieving the goal of optimal patient outcomes. When team care is possible, how can members cooperates...
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Letters
Letters
After eight years in this field, I can't help butwonder if it was a mistake to enter. It was a major careerchange--a very expensive career change. I was a custom home and interior builder before answering tothis calling&Today as I look back on my...
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Feature
Total Patient Care: Just A Dream?
By Judith Philipps Otto
It’s a popular concept—so popular that it’s hard to find a dissenting voice. Total patient care, in the form of a cooperative multidisciplinary team approach to treating each patient’s specific needs, is an idea universally and enthusiastically embraced.
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Ossur announces the introduction of the LP
Ceterus, a foot for amputees who seek advanced features,
but require a low build height. The LP Ceterus is
a low- profile option with benefits such as rotation, shock
absorption and exceptional energy return.
The LP Ceterus incorporates:
- Proportional Response providing maximum efficiency for each
weight/impact level
- CarbonX® Active Heel delivering shock absorption, stress
reduction, and energy return
- Full-Length Toe Lever ensuring equal stride length
- Split-Toe Design compensating for uneven terrain
Ceterus, and its newest variation--LP
Ceterus--deliver performance and function, emulating
natural, able-bodied movement. These products offer the range of
freedom to engage in a wide variety of activities.
For more information, contact:
Ossur
800.233.6263
www.ossur.com

New Options Sports Inc. is pleased to announce the
availability of a new neoprene material -
VeLPlush. This neoprene, with its soft, velvety
feel, is also perforated to make it breathable and much cooler than
other types of neoprene.
New Options Sports has four products showcasing this new
material: Wristlets--LMS 59, LMS 60 and LMS 68-- and this month's
featured item: The Arm-adillo" S5 Shoulder Stabilizer.
For more information, contact:

New Options Sports Inc.
800.872.5488
www.newoptions-sports.com

The MBE knee immobilizer has been
proven over time as one of the industry's most effective
products.
It begins with four heights (16", 19", 22", 25")--all with a
universal circumference. Materials include a 3/8" soft trimmable
foam, 4" elastic patella cover, 1" alternating Velcro closures,
322-lb break-strength nylon plastic loops, and seven malleable
aluminum stays.
It's this type of product that has made U.S. Orthotics one of
the industry leaders in the design, manufacturing, and servicing of
orthopedic products. Competitively priced, U.S. Orthotics products
are preferred by those who provide the best care for their
patients.
For more information, contact:
U.S. Orthotics
800.825.5228
www.usorthotics.com

SPS announces the immediate availability of
P-POD pediatric components from Ohio Willow Wood.
The P-POD product line includes: P-POD Alpha® Liners,
P-POD feet, and P-POD endoskeletal and exoskeletal
components.
Ohio Willow Wood studied extensively how children walk in
various stages of physical development and vigorously lab tested to
assure issues of skin sensitivity, abrasion due to crawling, etc.
were addressed and conquered. P-POD feet and
components have been ISO-tested to a patient weight limit
of 132 lbs.
Plans to add new components to give pediatric patients the best
possible function are in the works. SPS and Ohio Willow Wood
promise big benefits for your small patients!
SPS Gives Warm, Fuzzy Feeling with Fleece and Code Tip

SPS announces the verdict of the AOPA Coding
Committees review of the Renegade" foot from Freedom Innovations
Inc., an all-carbon fiber shock system delivering maintenance-free
extra-lightweight vertical shock absorption. Following detailed
evaluation and analysis of design and performance of the Renegade
shock against the Medical descriptors of the L-Codes for lower
extremity prosthetics, use of L-5987 (all lower extremity
prosthesis, shank foot system with vertical loading pylon) is
recommended when filing for
reimbursement.
As a gesture of appreciation to customers, SPS will provide a
Free Fleece Blanket with the purchase of each
Renegade foot on orders placed between October 22, 2003 and
December 31, 2003. Visit www.spsco.com/specials.html for details. For
more information contact:
SPS
800.767.7776
Molly Taylor, Customer Service, ext. 245
For technical questions, contact:
Jeff Green, Manager, Technical Services
800.767.7776, ext. 141
www.spsco.com

MightyMite
® Feet Feature:
- Smooth appearance
- Shaped ankle
- Reinforced sole and maple keel for durability
- "Webbed" between great and second toe to allow modification for sandals
- Medium durometer heel
MightyMite
Feet are manufactured for Fillauer and Hosmer by Kingsley.
For more information, contact:
Fillauer Inc.
800.251.6398
www.fillauer.com

Seattle Systems Inc. proudly introduces the
improved Littig Hip System", offering a new level
of comfort and mobility to hip disarticulation and hemipelvectomy
amputees. Invented by Dave Littig, CP, for Seattle Systems, the
innovative design of the Littig Hip System
supports better outcomes.
Unique to the product is its energy-storing design and
adjustability. A flexible carbon-composite strut absorbs, captures,
and releases energy generated in simple weight-bearing movement,
such as walking. The Seattle Systems Littig Hip
System minimizes gait deviations, including stride
vaulting and hip hiking. One simple adjustment allows the
practitioner to easily and quickly achieve an optimum hip
joint/socket relationship.
For more information contact:
Seattle Systems, Inc.
800.248.6463
www.seattle-systems.com

Prosthetists are finding more of their patients
appreciate having an auxiliary belt, according to
Knit-Rite Inc., distributor for the Power Belt line. "These
belts uniquely squeeze the prosthesis to the
wearer's body. The power from high-denier Lycra spandex, is the
key," according to Mark Smith, CP, developer of the product. "The
product helps stabilize the soft-tissue envelope--for anyone who
wears it. As a result, all levels of above-knee patients report
that their prosthesis feels more like a part of them, that they
have greater control. We have found that more patients embrace this
belt. Even those to whom in the past, a
belt would not have been provided, welcome this
one, especially for longer distance walking situations such as
going to the ballpark. The fact that the material is exceptionally
thin and cool, yet very strong and durable, makes it easy to wear
as well," he reports. The company has announced that prosthetists'
requests have led to new styles, including a universal left or
right with a "gunslinger" waist, a bilateral, a new leg-opening
option to assist donning, and a new hand loop on the original Power
Belt.
For more information, contact:
Knit-Rite
800.821.3094
www.knitrite.com

The new College Park Venture successfully
integrates high-performance function with a customizable design
that is comfortable to wear -- all day, everyday. The
Venture features Adjustable Stride
Control", which allows prosthetists to customize an
individual's gait. The Stride Control adjuster is
located on the ankle bone and determines preload on the bumpers. It
provides gait adjustment of plantar and dorsiflexion resistance
without the need to change soft components.
Adjustable Stride Control helps provide the
Venture with the versatility required for active lifestyles.
Welcome the CPI Venture: The Ultimate Fusion of Power
and Agility!
For more information, contact:
College Park Industries
800.728.7950
www.college-park.com