WELCOME TO ACPOC
The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics is an association of professionals who are involved in clinics providing prosthetic-orthotic care for children with limb loss or orthopaedic disabilities.
Our Vision
The Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics, ACPOC, is a multidisciplinary professional organization striving to be the primary resource for prosthetic and orthotic care for children and adolescents with orthopedic impairment through team collaboration, education, and research.
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What's New
ACPOC Symposia Up on AAOS
Orthopedic Knowledge On-line (OKO)
Now available to ACPOC members for viewing at no cost:
NEW
Non-Orthotic Treatment of Spinal Deformity:
Surgical Treatment for Early Onset Scoliosis
with VEPTR & Growing Rods
by John S. Blanco, MD and Michael Schmitz, MD
Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA
Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD)
by Robin C Crandall, MD; Hugh G Watts, MD
Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL
Contracture Management in Pediatric Burn Patients with Amputations
by Ingrid Parry, PT; Cheryl Hanley, OT
Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA
Spinal Cord Injury
by Allan Johnson, MPT; Joel Lerman, MD; Craig McDonald, MD
Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA
To access these lectures go to the Members Only section and log in.
Attention Members
Please remember to set up your profile in the "members only" section and extend the annual meeting's networking experience throughout the year. You will need your membership number and the password recently sent to you by the ACPOC office. This section allows you to update your contact information and easily locate other members grouped by their profile information. If you need the password, email
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JACPOC / ICIB Online Library Expands
All 28 Volumes, spanning the years 1976-1994, have been added to the library of online journals. The expansion was accomplished with the help of the Digital Resource Foundation for the O&P Community and oandp.com.
ACPOC NEWS
Articles from the "ACPOC NEWS," Volumes 1 through 13, spanning the years 1995-2007 are also available. Current year and last year's issues of the "ACPOC NEWS" are available to members on the Members Only Page.
