The Academy is proud to present the best of current research findings. These members-only documents are provided to you as a benefit of Academy membership and are meant to be a resource and tool for use in your practice. The "Best of the Resident Research Reports" are comprised of the best of the research projects performed by students enrolled in the NCOPE Residency Program. Papers that do not qualify as research using the scientific criteria applied by the Research Council, but which may still be of interest to our membership, are posted under the category of Papers of Interest. We encourage you to view these papers as well.

BEST OF THE RESIDENT RESEARCH SERIES

• Further study of the protective effects of rigid removable dressings for recent transtibial amputation patients
  By Aaron Tarnow, CPO & Thomas Sorensen
• Outcomes of Orthotic Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A gender comparison study
  By Hailey Smith, CO
• Implementation of a Progressive Resistance Training Exercise Program for Persons with Unilateral Transtibial Peripheral Vascular Amputation to Show Strength Gain.
  By Heather Houston, CP
• A Survey of Current Trends of Pediatricians in Maryland for Screening of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
  By Angela Bryl Swindell, CO
• Strength Characteristics of Bonding Compounds made from Acrylic Resin and Three Different Fillers
  By Martin Bailey
• The Effects of Vacuum Assisted Socket Environment on Proprioception in Transtibial Amputations
  By Heather Swiggum
• Relative Strength of Pylon to Socket Attachment Systems Used In Transtibial Composite Sockets
  By Richard H. Graebner & Thomas A. Current, CPO
• Talipes Equino Varus: A Preliminary Review of Denis Browne-Bar Bracing
  By Sophy Puth & Michael Sussman, MD
• Infantile Tibia Vara (Blount's Disease) and Childhood Obesity: Current Concepts Review
  By Dan Irlbeck
• The Current Fracture Bracing Treatment of the Lower Extremity
  By Braulia J. Pena-White
• Adapting Current Prosthetic Stance Control Knee Joint Technology to an Orthotic Device: A Preliminary Report
  By Brandon Khoury
• Comparison of Prosthetic Mobility Outcome Measures
  By Trina Boyce
• The Best Spinal Orthosis: Deciding Factors
  By Jennifer Fawcett
• Orthotic Needs in Developing Countries
  By Carrie Boutwell
• Preliminary Prosthetic Survey Evaluation of Former CAPP Patients Residing in Mexico
  By Sophy Puth
• Orthotic Management of Congenital Tracheal Stenosis at UCSF: A Twenty-Year Review
  By Laura Franz, Walter Racette, CPO, Director, & Darrell Christensen, CO
• Efficacy of the Generation II Unloader Knee Orthosis in Improving Lysholm Knee Rating Scale Scores in Patients with Medial Compartment Osteoarthritis
  By Donald House, PT, OCS, CO
• Acute Spinal Fracture Management
  By Jennifer Small
• Hemiplegic Gait and the Role of the Ankle-Foot Orthosis
  By Matthew Dittrich
• Safety In The Prosthetics Workplace
  By Julia A. McCay
• Phantom Limb Pain: A Literature Review of Theories and Treatments
  By Tammie Liszka McElhinny
• Survey of NCOPE Residents
  By William A. Lifford

PAPERS OF INTEREST

• Design and use of a new socket-adjustment tool:
  Residency Project
  Chad McCracken, CPO
• The Pin Lock Reference Manual for Prosthetists (PDF)
  By Richard Krosin
• Prosthetics in Developing Countries (PDF)
  By Erin Strait