What is a prosthetist? A certified prosthetist (CP or BOCP) designs, fabricates, and fits prostheses. A CP is certified by the American Board for Certification a BOCP is certified by the Board of Certification. To maintain certification, prosthetists are required to continue education.

What is a prosthesis?

A prosthesis is an artificial device used to replace a missing body part.

At IAMOP, each patient is thoroughly evaluated by a certified practitioner so as to develop an active plan to address their specific prosthetic needs. This includes evaluation of their present activity levels as well as potential activity levels. Additional considerations are the level of the amputation, the weight of the patient, the integrity of the patient's joints, and upper extremity strength.

Once design criteria has been formulated, the device is fabricated in our own laboratory.

 

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