ISPO 2023

Date and Time
Come see us at the 2023 ISPO 19th World Congress!
Every two years, the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) invites professionals involved in the care of persons in need of prosthetic, orthotic, mobility, and assistive devices to its unique and interactive flagship meeting, the ISPO World Congress. We look forward to seeing you in Guadalajara, Mexico for the ISPO 19th World Congress, from April 24 – 27, 2023. The event theme will be The Art and the Science.
Featured Speakers


Featured Sessions
Monday April 24, 2:45 – 4:00 p.m., Parallel Session Room “Mueble”, First Floor, Business Center 1
- Han Houdijk, Shane Wurdeman, Alice M. Benton, Siegmar Blumentritt, Cansu Koltak, Szu-Ping Lee, Shea Teevan, Roland Zügner
- Free Paper Session: Gait and balance – Amputee gait
Monday April 24, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m., Parallel Session Room “Tequila”, Second Floor
- Andreas Kannenberg, Shane Wurdeman, Arun Jayraman & Andreas Hahn
- Symposium: Microprocessor stance and swing control orthoses are a milestone for patients with lower limb paresis dependent on knee-ankle-foot orthoses.
Tuesday April 25, 2:45 – 4:00 p.m., Main Session Room, “Guadalajara 3”, Ground Floor
- Phil Stevens & Shane Wurdeman
- Symposium: Influence of co-morbid health and component selection on mobility and fall risk among older diabetic/dysvascular amputees.
Tuesday April 25, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m., Parallel Session Room “Guadalajara” Ground Floor
- Andreas Kannenberg, Shane Wurdeman, Phil Stevens, Malte Bellmann & Andreas Hahn
- Symposium: Prosthetic knee selection for individual patients: Technical, biomechanical, clinical and evidence considerations
Wednesday April 26 at 1:00 – 2:15 p.m., Parallel Session Room “Tequila”, Second Floor
- Phil Stevens & Shane Wurdeman
- Symposium: Prosthetics: Factors associated with elevated well-being in individuals with upper limb amputation.
Featured Research
- SAFE-AMP 1
- OASIS
- MAAT Series:
- MAAT 2
- MAAT 3
- MAAT 5
- MAAT 6
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