News

29 September

ISPO UK NMS is pleased to offer up to 30 student bursaries for this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Chester on 9 & 10 October.  To apply for a bursary, please contact Irene Cameron (0141 560 4092; info@ispo.org.uk).

10th September 2009

At this year’s ISPO Scientific Meeting the Blatchford Lecture will be given by Jean Paysant of the Institut Regional de Readaptation, Nancy, France.  Prof Paysant will discuss the differences introduced into the gait of trans-femoral amputees by the use of a microprocessor-controlled knee. He will report on an extensive study which used both laboratory-based gait analysis and ambulatory monitoring of daily activity to assess the gait patterns of three groups of subjects: non-amputees; trans-femoral amputees with a normal swing-phase control knee; and transfemoral amputees with the C-Leg prosthetic knee unit.

4 August 2009

30 March 2009

New 4-digit membership numbers

Effective 1 April 2009, all ISPO members have been allocated a new 4-digit membership number.   If you have already received your 2009 membership card with your old 8-digit membership number, this will remain valid until 31 December 2009.  For the year 2010, however, your membership card will reflect the new 4-digit number. 

It is important to note, however, that for access to the Members section of the ISPO International website (see below), only the new 4-digit membership number will be accepted.

Important Changes to ISPO International Website

Please note that the ISPO international website address has now changed to www.ispoint.org 

With effect from April 2009 access to the restricted pages of the ISPO international website will be by new 4-digit membership number only.  On your first access to the restricted pages, your 4-digit number should be used as both your log-in and password.  Thereafter you will be offered the opportunity to change your password.

For an interim period access to the restricted pages may be denied to allow important technical updates to be completed.  Please accept our apologies for this inconvenience.

If you continue to experience difficulties with access to the restricted pages or have not received your new 4-digit membership number, please contact ISPO UK NMS Secretariat by e-mail:  info@ispo.org.uk  or telephone 0141 560 4092.

22nd March 2009

UK National Committee changes

9th June 2008

ISPO UK Bulletin

A new initiative for 2008 is the ISPO UK Bulletin, designed to keep members regularly updated with news and information relating to the Society, its annual conference and developments in rehabilitation health care. Click here to download the June 2008 edition.  

16th January 2008

Launch of RECAL Legacy

The National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics at the University of Strathclyde has announced the launch of The RECAL Legacy, which provides comprehensive bibliographic information about the published literature in the fields of prosthetics, orthotics, related physical medicine and rehabilitation engineering.  It offers free access to over 83000 records with articles sourced from over 1500 journals spanning the early 1900’s to 2007. 

The RECAL Information Service, which previously maintained this database, is now closed and the other services that were provided – such as Current Awareness – are no longer available.  RECAL Information Services, which was launched in 1986, gained world recognition as the leading information provider in the subject and an unrivalled reputation for service provision.  The RECAL Legacy is intended to preserve this unique resource, to offer free access to the database and to support the bibliographic information needs of education, research and clinical practice.

 More information about The RECAL Legacy can be found at: www.strath.ac.uk/prosthetics