Health & Medicine

Prosthetics & Orthotics

General Guides

Specific Resources

Biomechanics, prosthetics and orthotics

Assistive technology, and accessibility

Disabilities and rehabilitation

Associations, Professional Organizations & Universities

Electronic Journals/Books/Reports

Journals

Books and other publications

Citing Electronic Resources

Publishers

Conferences

Newsgroups & Listservs

General Guides

• oandp.com - the global resource for orthotics and prosthetics information
• OMNI : Orthopedic Fixation Devices, Orthopedic Procedures, Orthoptics, Orthotic Devices, Prostheses and Implants, and Prosthesis Implantation
• Open Directory : Prosthetics and Orthotics (by Open Directory Project, DMOZ)
• Orthogate - the gateway to the orthopaedic Internet
• Yahoo! Search : Orthotics and Prosthetics

Specific Resources

Biomechanics, prosthetics and orthotics

• BioConcepts
• Bone and Joint Decade's Musculoskeletal Portal
• Clinical Gait Analysis
• Digital Anatomist Information System (Structural Informatics Group, Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.)
• E-Orhopaedics (E-Sakura System) - software for the assessment of joint replacement arthroplasty
• Hardin Meta Directory - Orthopedics, Orthopedic Surgery & Orthopaedic Web Links
• Hosford Muscle Tables : Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body (from PTCentral)
• Prosthetics Research Study
• WorldOrtho - the World of Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Sports Medicine - an interactive web site containing 3000 pictures with accompanying text, quizzes, and online books (Australia)

Assistive technology, and accessibility

• AbleData
• Apple's Disability Solutions
• Closing the Gap - assistive technology resources for children and adults with special needs
• RehabTech : Unique products and devices (Monash University, Australia)
• RehabTech's TechGuide an interactive component selection tool that provides information from both manufacturers and independent sources
• WebABLE - on technologies that will ensure accessibility for people with disabilities to advanced information systems and emerging technologies
• West Virginia Assistive Technology System
• WheelchairNet

Disabilities and rehabilitation

• Access Unlimited
• Amputee Online (Online Resource for Amputees)
• CIRRIE (Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange) Database of Rehabilitation Research
• International Child Amputee Network
• RehabWorld
• Resources for Rehabilitation
• VA Research & Development (Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S.)

Associations, Professional Organizations & Universities

• American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
• American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
• American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association
• Amputee Coalition of America
• The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics
• The Barr Foundation
• Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification
• British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
• California Orthotics & Prosthetics Association
• Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
• Coalition of Rehabilitation Engineering Research Organizations
• Disabled Sports USA
• Florida Association of Orthotists & Prosthetists
• Georgia Society of Orthotists & Prosthetists
• Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Hong Kong Polytechnic University Jockey Club Rehabilitation Engineering Centre prosthetics and orthotics research
• Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association
• Hong Kong Society of Certified Prosthetist-Orthotists
• International Dome Association of National O&P Trade Associations
• International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
• International Society of Biomechanics
• The Limbless Association - information for Amputees in the UK
• National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics
• National Commission on Orthotic and Prosthetic Education
• National P&O Licensing Fund
• No More Landmine Trust : Adopt-A-Minefield - raising awareness and funds to clear landmines and help survivors
• North American Spine Society
• National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (U.S.)
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (U.S.)
• Northwestern University Prosthetics Research Laboratory and Rehabilitation Engineering Research Program
• Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund
• Peggy & Friends - a charity in the UK that provides relief of sickness of child amputees
• Prosthetics Outreach Foundation
• Rehabiliation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America
• Scoliosis Research Society
• Sociedad Mexicana de Ortesistas y Protesistas
• United States Member Society of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics
• University of Strathclyde National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics
• VA Research and Development (Department of Veterans Affairs, US)

Electronic Journals/Books/Reports

Journals (Please also refer to our Library's Journal Collection )

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Bulletin
• Amputation Online Magazine - the online magazine for amputees
• Arthritis Research & Therapy - a free, open access journal published by BioMed Central
• Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics : Newsletters and Journals
• BioMechanics : the magazine of body movement and medicine
• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - a free, open access journal published by BioMed Central
• inMotion (Amputee Coalition of America)
• O&P Edge
• O&P Business News
• Orthotic & Prosthetic Industry : News & Information (provided by WBC Industries Inc)
• Upper Ex - online magazine for upper extremity amputees

Books and other publications

• Amputee Coalition of America's publication
• E-Hand.com - the electronic textbook of hand surgery
• Electronic Textbook of Orthopaedics - a full online textbook from WorldOrtho
• Expectations : Parenting Children and Teens with Limb Differences (Amputee Coalition of America)
• First Steps - A Guide for Adapting to Limb Loss (Amputee Coalition of America)
• A Manual for Above-Knee (Trans-Femoral) Amputees
• A Manual for Below-Knee (Trans-Tibial) Amputees

Citing Electronic Resources

• Citation Styles

Publishers

Please also refer to the General Medicine page in our Internet Resources .

• Physical Medicine and Rehab Titles from Elsevier, Saunders, Mosby, Churchill Livingstone, Butterworth-Heinemann, and Hanley & Belfus
• Orthopaedics, and Plastic Surgery Titles from Harcourt Publisher
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Orthopaedics Store

Conferences

• AOPA National Assembly
• Medical Conferences.com
• O&P Online Community : Event Calendar
• REHABTech : Calendar of Events (Monash University, Australia)

Newsgroups & Listservs

• sci.med.orthopedics (or subscribed via Google Groups) - on orthopedic surgery, related issues and management
• OANDP-L : the orthotics & prosthetics listserver endorsed by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics and the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists
• Orthotics & Prosthetics Listserv
• Prosthetics and Orthotics Forum - an online forum managed by the Prosthetics Research Laboratory and the Rehablitation Engineering Research Program of Northwestern University
• RESNA Listserv

Faculty Librarian

Jane Tsang
Tel: (852) 2766-6859
Email: lbjane@polyu.edu.hk