title: Defining how the prescription footwear association and the board for certification in pedorthics can help the medical profession.
abstract: Dorland's Medical Dictionary defines pedorthics as the art concerned with the design, manufacture, fit, and modification of shoes and related foot appliances as prescribed for the amelioration of painful or disabling conditions of the foot and limb.
authors.affiliation: Prescription Footwear Association, Columbia, Maryland 21046-1151.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Emmel
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D009985:Orthopedics; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D011032:Podiatry; D055656:Prescriptions; D012775:Shoes; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013044:Specialty Boards; D014481:United States