A toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists to facilitate progress in professional communication over the next 50 years.
Jaap J Van Netten, Gustav Jarl, Klaas Postema, Anita E Williams
PMID 33045902WHAT IT FOUND
This article reviews communication skills in prosthetics and orthotics and provides a toolkit for professionals.
It contains no original research or patient outcomes, so it offers no evidence to change clinical practice.
What this paper is
This is a narrative review and professional toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists, focusing on communication skills. It reviews past literature and proposes future directions but reports no original patient data, clinical trials, or outcome measures. There are no findings here to change clinical practice.
Declared interests
The authors disclosed no potential conflicts of interest and received no financial support for this work.
The easy way to misread this
Do not use this article as evidence that specific communication interventions improve patient outcomes. The authors state that no experimental studies on professional communication have been published in this field, and the toolkit is based on expert opinion rather than tested efficacy.