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  • Catherine Valée

    Member Profile Highlight: Dans quelle profession êtes-vous entré et qu’est-ce que vous considérez comme votre plus grande joie dans le travail que vous faites ?What profession did you enter into, and what would you consider to be your greatest joy about doing the work you do? Je suis entrée au programme de Prothèses-Orthèses en 1988.…

  • Barriers and facilitators to lower extremity orthotic compliance in the pediatric population: A scoping review of the literature (Marcotte et al., 2022)

    Orthotics Education Spotlight Interviewees:  David Marcotte PT MSc, Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre Richard Preuss PT PhD, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University Article: Barriers and facilitators to lower extremity orthotic compliance in the pediatric population: A scoping review of the literature David Marcotte, Erica Ferri, Xiaotong Xue, Anastasia Katsolis, Elise Rajotte, Katrina Cardiff  School…

  • Studying Sex Differences in Lower Limb Amputee Priorities and Gait

    Studying Sex Differences in Lower Limb Amputee Priorities and Gait

    Study Information Tess Carswell is a graduate student at the University of Victoria. Her research aims toimprove quality of life and health care outcomes of lower limb amputees by studyingdifferent perspectives and priorities of males and females in this population.Tess is running a research study and she’s looking to recruit single-limb, lower limbamputees to participate.…

  • Participants Needed for Research Study on Pregnancy and Lower Limb Absence

    Participants Needed for Research Study on Pregnancy and Lower Limb Absence

    Researchers at Barber Prosthetics Clinic and the University of Toronto are recruiting individuals with lower limb loss to learn more about their experiences with pregnancy. This study will: If you have any patients who have experienced pregnancy, we would greatly appreciate if you couldpass this information on to them:

  • ISPO Canada/OAPO AGM and Education Day 2022

    The ISPO Canada/OAPO Education Day and AGM was held virtually on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022. We had 90 attendees for the education event. The morning started with the Ontario Association for Prosthetics and Orthotics (OAPO) AGM followed by a presentation by Ottobock representative Josée Mathieu,C.O. (c). Josée presented a very interesting talk about the C-brace…