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Before your first visit
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- View our Find a Clinic page›
- Review information on this site relevant to what you need
- Make an appointment (Be sure to ask if there is anything you need
to bring)
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During your first visit
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- Patient information
- Patient history
- Patient goals
- Review prescription and/or professional reports
- Explain funding
- Physical exam
- Gait analysis
- Static functional evaluation without orthosis/prosthesis
- Dynamic functional evaluation without orthosis/ prosthesis
- Clinician will capture the shape of your body segment (ie. Cast, scan, measurements)
- Treatment plan discussed
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Follow up to first visit
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- Patient orientation to orthotic/ prosthetic treatment
- Initial instructions
- Evaluate the device interface (ie. Volume, pressure distribution)
- Static functional evaluation with orthosis/prosthesis
- Dynamic functional evaluation with orthosis/prosthesis
- Outcome measure of orthotic/prosthetic treatment
- Care and maintenance of orthosis/prosthesis
- Body segment care related to orthotic/prosthetic use
- Wearing schedule
- Initial gait training
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Taking care
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- Monitor the skin and contact your clinician should any issues arise
- Training for use of upper extremity orthosis/prosthesis
- Physical therapy for gait training
- Make any required adjustments or maintenance repairs
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