Orthotics and Prosthetics
Orthotics and Prosthetics
Orthotics and Prosthetics
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RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE METRIC SYSTEM<br />
The following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of the American<br />
Orthotic <strong>and</strong> Prosthetic Association at its meeting in San Diego October 3, 1973:<br />
WHEREAS by Act of Congress it has been determined that the United<br />
States should proceed towards adoption of the metric system as used<br />
almost universally throughout the rest of the world, <strong>and</strong><br />
WHEREAS the technological professions <strong>and</strong> many segments of the<br />
health professions have commonly used the metric system over an extended<br />
period of time, <strong>and</strong><br />
WHFREAS it is important for members of the orthotic/prosthetic professions<br />
to interact with their colleagues in the medical <strong>and</strong> technological<br />
communities for optimum patient service be it hereby<br />
RESOLVED that the American Orthotic <strong>and</strong> Prosthetic Association<br />
endorses the use of the metric system by its members <strong>and</strong> other orthotic<br />
<strong>and</strong> prosthetic practitioners in the United States, <strong>and</strong> in witness of this<br />
endorsement <strong>and</strong> Association urges the editors of its journal <strong>Orthotics</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Prosthetics</strong> to commence the dual reporting of weights <strong>and</strong><br />
measurements in both the English <strong>and</strong> metric systems at the earliest<br />
possible date with the objective of employing the metric system solely<br />
by the time of the 29th Volume in 1975.
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