Resource Page regarding Osseointegration for Amputees

If you are looking for the Official OPRA website you will find it by clicking on OPRA Australia.
The OPRA Australia Official website contains all of the up to date information as well as the OPRA Australia team log in area.
Contact by following this link.

The following is made available by REHAB Tech as independant information regarding Osseintegration

REHAB Tech would like to especially thank the clients who have participated in the research and information aspects of this project and allowing us to make this information available for the benefit of all amputees.

Please ensure that any information found here is confirmed via the OPRA Australia contact or website.

REHABTech role
Information
Research and development
Useful reading, links and articles

general reading
world wide research
official links

REHABTech ROLE
As part of its role to provide information to the Australian Amputees and prosthetic industry REHABTechis compiling useful information, links and resources. REHABTech as part of the Centre for Biomedical Engineering -Monash University (MUCBE) has been involved with making information available and contributing to research and development associated with amputees in general as well as the Osseointegration programme specifically.

Please ensure that any information found here is confirmed via the OPRA Australia contact or website.

INFORMATION

REHABTech have a responsibility of information updating to the Amputee industry
in Australia. This has been achieved through this with the web page, contribution to Clinical info packs and running update seminars.

Details from Alfred and CGMC group as per progress on the current cases in Australia. Specific details are at the official OPRA Australia Website.

Details regarding progress follow.

Background

Patient Selection

Pre-operative Assessment

Surgical outcomes

Initial Rehabilitation Process

Final Procedure

Prosthetic Fitting and Rehabilitation

April 2001
July/August 2001
Ongoing Assessment -including review requirements, cost and fatigue life of devices - through OPRA Australia Website link

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Where possible REHABTech and MUCBE has contributed to research and development specifically in the Biomedical engineering aspects as they pertain to the prosthesis attachment, measuring and monitoring forces.

This has included:

- the finite element modelling of the bone implant interface (subject of a PhD thesis).
- activity monitors, particularly small portable load sensing ones.
- pre surgical load measuring using the force plate setup for walking
and standing...followed up post surgery and training loads monitoring
- training prosthesis load monitoring and subsequent design.
- post surgery assessment and load monitoring using force plate measurements as well as the J3 load cell that was part of QUT research.
-Investigation of problems and failures

General Reading

An article regarding Osseointegration in general.

A "Clinical Pack" is available for Australian Prosthetic Clinics - this describes briefly the process and complications. (Requires Adobe Reader .pdf file). This is a collaborative document put together by a number of parties as an information sheet for all Australian clinics and mailed out to all Australian amputee clinics in 2000.

Articles by John W. Michael reviewing the Osseointegration presentation from the International Conference of Advanced Prosthetics (ICAP - 2000).

An amputee observer's perspective by Dick Mooney on the ACA website

ABC - Media interview with the Dr Andrew Nunn and Mr Steven Gray

Text book reference. This is a general textbook about the history and application of osseointegration as written by the pioneers. The ISBN reference will allow any bookseller to track this down.

"Osseointegration in Skeletal Reconstruction and Joint Replacement"

Author(s)/Editor(s): Branemark, Per-Ingvar and Skalak, Richard

ISBN: 0-86715-325-3