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the body, and even enable people requiring these orthoses to play sports.

A Team Approach Some orthotists and prosthetists construct individualized cus- tom-made devices for their patients. Medical appliance techni- cians supervise the construction of the orthotic or prosthetic devices. All the health care professionals who are treating the patient, including therapists, doctors, and nurses, work hand in hand on teams for patients with prostheses and orthoses.

This fascinating field encompasses a vari- ety of specialized careers, each of which con- tributes to designing, making, fitting, modify- ing, repairing, and maintaining orthotic and prosthetic devices. In addition to creating these limbs, prosthetists and orthotists focus on assisting patients in using them correctly, fitting them to their body, and making them responsive to the patients’ specific needs.

Prosthetists make various types of pros- thetics for all sorts of patients, male and female.

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Orthotists & Prosthetists