title: The Peter Principle in orthopedics.
abstract: Original orthopedic devices that were developed, tested, and found useful, were subsequently modified and seemingly "improved" to a point of diminished usefulness--a manifestation of the Peter Principle applied to orthopedics. The authors describe seven examples: (1) the talar-tilt inversion apparatus; (2) the patellar-tendon-bearing, below-knee amputation prosthesis; (3) the patellar-tendon-bearing orthosis; (4) the Veterans Administration Prosthetic Center's lumbosacral orthosis; (5) the partial-foot prosthesis; (6) the ankle-foot orthosis; and (7) the occipito-zygomatic cervical orthosis.
authors.affiliation: New York College of Podiatric Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen-Sobel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D001186:Artificial Limbs / Q000592:standards; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D009983:Orthopedic Equipment / Q000592:standards*; D009989:Orthotic Devices / Q000592:standards*; D011474:Prosthesis Design