Prosthetics and Orthotics Education and Certification
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Whither prosthetics and orthotics?
1 Chairman, Committee on Prosthetics Research and Development, July 1, 1962-June 30, 1965. Upon completion of his term as Chairman of CPRD, Dr. Aitken will continue to serve as a member of CPRD. The publicity concerning scientific and technical advances keeps us constantly aware of man's increasing competence to master his environment. The technologies available make possible a wide variety of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1880-778X,0034-351X
DOI: 10.2490/jjrm1963.13.31