Re: foot orthotics (orthoses)
Pat McKee
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: foot orthotics (orthoses)
Creator:
Pat McKee
Date:
12/8/1999
Text:
I am in full agreement. I don't like adjectives being made into nouns. It is unfortunate that the
word orthotic is so much easier to say that orthosis. As an occupational therapist, I dislike the
term splint even more.
Pat McKee
Thomas Current wrote:
> Just taking a poll. How many of you are bothered by the massive inapproprate use of the term
> orthotic to describe an orthosis. The last time I checked my text books I could not find an
> orthotic anywhere. Now I have recently begun to find PT and Dr's using the term prosthetic to
> describe an artifical limb. If you are like me I find myself correcting this poor use of english
> all the time. Am I over reacting?
>
> Tom Current, CPO
>
>
word orthotic is so much easier to say that orthosis. As an occupational therapist, I dislike the
term splint even more.
Pat McKee
Thomas Current wrote:
> Just taking a poll. How many of you are bothered by the massive inapproprate use of the term
> orthotic to describe an orthosis. The last time I checked my text books I could not find an
> orthotic anywhere. Now I have recently begun to find PT and Dr's using the term prosthetic to
> describe an artifical limb. If you are like me I find myself correcting this poor use of english
> all the time. Am I over reacting?
>
> Tom Current, CPO
>
>
Citation
Pat McKee, “Re: foot orthotics (orthoses),” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/213137.
