Aims & Scope
Turkish Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics Science is a multidisciplinary scientific journal that aims to publish high-quality original research, reviews, methodological studies, educational research, and other scholarly contributions in the field of prosthetics, orthotics, assistive devices and technologies such as exoskeletons. The journal encourages interdisciplinary research in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, orthopaedics, prosthetics and orthotics science, engineering, ergonomics, movement sciences, and other rehabilitation-related health sciences.
The journal also includes other related research contributing to clinical applications of prosthetics and orthotics, within the following scopes;
- Prostheses, orthoses, assistive devices, and their design, development, manufacturing,
- Clinical application, assessment, and technological innovations,
- Clinical biomechanics,
- Movement and gait analysis, posture, balance,
- Movement modelling,
- Wearable and assistive technologies,
- 3D printing and digital fabrication,
- Sensor-based systems,
- Robotics,
- Digital health, and artificial intelligence,
- Functioning, disability, activity, participation, and quality of life in individuals using prosthetic, orthotic, and assistive devices, consistent with the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
- Quality of life,
- Studies on the quality of prosthetic and orthotic clinics,
- Education,
- Health policy etc.
