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Join us for an engaging session exploring the real value of BAPO membership — what it offers, why it matters, and how you can get involved. This 75-minute webinar will bring together a range of voices across our membership community, from full and graduate members to technicians, learners, affiliates, and retired professionals.

 

The session will include:

• An overview of BAPO membership and recent updates
• Insights into how membership supports professional development and representation
• A panel discussion featuring members sharing their experiences and benefits gained
• A live Q&A session
• Optional breakout rooms for those looking to renew or re-engage with BAPO

Whether you’re new to BAPO, a long-time member, or considering rejoining, this webinar will highlight how membership strengthens both your professional journey and our collective voice as a profession.

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This webinar will introduce participants to Ethnocare and its innovative prosthetic device, the Overlay.

Designed to address the challenges of limb volume fluctuations and socket fit issues, the Overlay uses an integrated air expansion system to provide amputees with customizable comfort and improved stability, mobility and performance throughout the day. The session will share the story behindEthnocare’s user-centered development process, present clinical evidence on the problems caused by current solutions, and demonstrate how the Overlayrepresents a simple, universal, and impactful advancement for both patients and clinicians.

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Course description:	This course, “Effective Outcomes Recording in Prosthetics and Orthotics,” aims to equip the prosthetic and orthotic workforce with essential tools for effective outcomes recording, addressing the current challenges of service delivery, including shortfalls in standards, inconsistent practices, and high staff attrition rates. By recognising the historical barriers stemming from funding limitations and time constraints for clinicians, the course emphasises the importance of demonstrating service efficacy through tangible data. Participants will explore various outcome measures, implement best practices for data collection, and learn to advocate for evidence-based practices that can drive meaningful change within the profession. Ultimately, the course seeks to empower clinicians to enhance patient care and contribute to the ongoing evolution and sustainability of prosthetics and orthotics services.
Course aim(s):	The primary aim of this course is to provide prosthetic and orthotic professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to:    Understand the Importance of Outcomes Recording:  Recognise how effective data collection can demonstrate service efficacy and improve patient care.  Explore Different Types of Outcomes:  Learn about various outcome measures available in the prosthetics and orthotics field, including clinical, functional, and patient-reported outcomes.  Implement Effective Recording Practices:  Develop strategies for integrating outcomes recording into daily clinical routines, ensuring that clinicians can efficiently collect and analyse data.  Drive Change in the Profession:  Foster a culture of evidence-based practice within the prosthetics and orthotics community, advocating for the importance of outcome recording in securing funding and improving service standards.  Enhance Professional Development:  Empower clinicians to contribute to the ongoing evolution of the prosthetics and orthotics workforce through improved data-driven decision-making.
Learning Outcomes:	Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:    1.   Understand the Role of Outcomes Recording:   Articulate the significance of outcomes recording in demonstrating the efficacy of prosthetic and orthotic services.    2.   Identify Outcome Measures:   Differentiate between various types of outcomes, including clinical, functional, and patient-reported measures, and understand their relevance in practice.    3.   Implement Data Collection Techniques:   Apply effective strategies for collecting and analysing outcomes data in a clinical setting, ensuring accuracy and reliability.    4.   Analyse and Interpret Data:   Evaluate outcomes data to assess service effectiveness, identify areas for improvement, and enhance patient care.    5.   Advocate for Evidence-Based Practices:   Promote the importance of outcomes recording within the prosthetics and orthotics community to support funding initiatives and improve service standards.    6.   Foster a Culture of Continuous Improvement:   Encourage ongoing professional development and collaboration among peers to integrate outcomes recording into routine clinical practices.    7.   Develop Action Plans:   Create actionable strategies for implementing outcomes recording in their own practice, fostering accountability and quality improvement.

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Methods
Between March 2015 and June 2018 a total of 90 patients were included from lower amputees referred for bone anchoring surgery to the Radboud UniversityNijmegen in the Netherlands. 53 persons received a BADAL: X standard femur stem (OFI-C), 16 persons received a BADAL X short femur stem with collumscrew (OFI-Y) and 21 persons received a BADAL X tibia stem (OTI). The adverse events were recorded from the medical charts and Prosthetic Use Score (PUS)and the quality of life Global Score (GS) were assessed with the Questionnaire for Persons with a Transfemoral Amputation (Q-TFA).
Results
Implant survival was 94,2% (OFI-C = 93.8%, OFI-Y = 93.3%, OTI = 95.5%). Five implants were removed; one because of a periprosthetic fracture, two becauseof septic loosening and two because of unexplained pain. Periprosthetic fracture occurred in four patients and all were treated surgically, three with fixation,one with implant removal. Baseline Q-TFA-PUS and GS scores increased significantly in all patients. PUS improved with 58% (58 at baseline with socketattachment and 83 at 5 yrs FU with bone anchoring). GS improved with 68% (40 at baseline with socket attachment and 67 at 5 yrs FU with bone anchoring).
Conclusion
Contemporary BADAL X press-fit titanium bone anchoring system, when used in lower limb amputations, result in
acceptable rates of survival and safety, with considerable improvements in functional outcomes.

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Raising the profile of Prosthetics and Orthotics is vital to ensure our profession receives the recognition it deserves. This Teatime Talk will explore how we can raise awareness, strengthen our professional identity, and showcase the value we bring to patients and services. Through outreach, education, and collaboration, we’ll demonstrate effective ways to raise our profile. Attendees will be encouraged to share their experiences and ideas, helping us build momentum together. Join the discussion and be part of shaping a more visible, valued future for Prosthetics and Orthotics.

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To give a broad technological overview to what is possible when using digital workflows to mill or 3D Print custom orthotics insoles.

 

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This session will include details on existing rigid and soft shell 3D Printing, including the emerging ‘variational geometry’ software tools for designing & printing variable stiffness in a single material (resin or powder). The session will cover FIT360 tools, but only as a backbone for showing how new technologies are being used in this rapidly emerging market. Suitable for those new to this tech, or more advanced users.

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In this webinar we will take you through the recent findings of the PROP OA randomised controlled trial. The webinar will provide an overview of the:
– Rationale and need for need for the trial
– Content of the bracing intervention tested within the trial, and the control
– Clinical and cost effectiveness findings
– Overall interpretation of the trial, and discussion of next steps

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In this webinar Professor Melanie Holden will take us through the PROP OA trial, share the key findings and talk about what is next.
The PROP OA randomised controlled trial (RCT) aimed to evaluate whether adding compartment specific knee bracing with an adherence intervention to advice, written information, and exercise instruction (AIE+B) is clinically and cost effective compared with AIE alone in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
It was a 12 month, multi-centre, two-arm, parallel-group, randomised (1:1), superiority trial, with a 9 month internal pilot. The setting of the trial was primary care and the community, and participants with clinically diagnosed knee OA were identified from general practices and community advertisements around four regions in England. In total, 466 participants were randomised. AIE was delivered within a single, in-person consultation by a trained physiotherapist.
Individuals randomised to AIE+B were additionally fitted with a patellofemoral, tibiofemoral unloading, or neutral stabilising knee brace, according to their predominant compartmental distribution of knee OA, and were offered a two-week follow-up consultation. Brief motivational interviewing with targeted text reminders supported brace adherence.
The primary outcome was the composite patient-reported Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes Score at 6 months post randomisation. Key secondary outcomes were KOOS-5 at 3 and 12 months, KOOS subscale scores and pain on weight-bearing activity at 3, 6, and 12 months, and incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER) at 12 months.
PROP OA is registered with the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN28555470) and is currently undergoing peer review for publication