Lower Extremity Review
Health Enterprises’ Therapeutic Hot & Cold Foot Massager provides three massage options to help relieve pain and reduce stress. The over-the-counter massager can be filled with warm water or ice or cold water and offers alternate pressures for relaxing or deep...
Apis’s Mt. Emey Medical Collection shoes are designed for hard-to-fit feet as well as those with more challenging orthotic needs. These shoes offer a variety of closures for adjustability and accommodate mild or severe foot deformities, including those caused by...
FootStride Technology’s custom orthotic lab offers an improved version of its QuikStride prefabricated insole. The insole’s full-length cover provides a shock-absorbing cushion that molds to patients’ feet while its combination of Dri-Lex Eco antimicrobial material...
Pro-Tec’s Gel-Force Knee Support is designed to alleviate knee pain and provide moderate knee joint stability for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome, patellar maltracking, chondromalacia, and minor meniscus and ligament tears. It provides patellar compression...
Amfit introduces direct-milled polypropylene functional orthotics (FOs). This addition to Amfit’s central fabrication facility allows practitioners to specify and dispense polypro FOs with the same ease as its ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) functional orthotics. Amfit...
Hersco Ortho Labs introduces the extra low profile Butterfly brace, a lightweight, flexible, custom-made ankle gauntlet designed to fit in almost any shoe. The Butterfly is a slim version of the traditional plastic-in-leather ankle support and is an option for...
Offering patients appealing styles of diabetic shoes can improve compliance and outcomes. Dr. Comfort’s new Double Depth Collection adds four new style options to its two classic designs; all come in several colors. This collection works for hard-to-fit patients,...
ComfortFit Labs’ Classic Leather Collection’s trio of handcrafted orthotics includes the Leather Balancer, Leather Shaffer, and Leather Laminate. The Leather Balancer’s deep heel cup provides rearfoot control and minimizes mediolateral instability. The Leather...
In January 2010, when LER first covered the controversy, Australian podiatrist and researcher Angela Evans, PhD, had recently published a paper in the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association suggesting that children whose feet were flatter than expected, but asymptomatic, should be monitored rather than automatically treated with orthoses.
By Cary Groner
The January publication in NeuroRehabilitation of the recommendations from a consensus conference held in 2008 paints a less-than-perfect picture of the evidence underlying orthotic management of cerebral palsy (CP).
By Larry Hand
Training programs aimed at preventing anterior cruciate ligament injuries have been used for many years, but injury rates remain high. Injury prevention experts suggest such programs may be more effective if implemented before children reach the ages associated with highest injury risk and if the programs utilize age-specific protocols.
By Emily Delzell
Barefoot is a biomechanics buzzword these days, but not all practitioners believe soft-soled shoes are best for very young children, even if such shoes do approximate the barefoot walking experience.
By Shalmali Pal
Muscle weakness and instability associated with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease in children can be addressed with ankle foot orthoses, research suggests, but practitioners should be aware of the limitations of AFOs in this patient population as well as the ever-present challenge of compliance.
By Shalmali Pal
In a comparative study published in the April/May issue of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, French researchers found that Ponseti casting compared favorably to French physiotherapy for initial treatment of idiopathic clubfoot.
By Emily Delzell
Little research has been published about gait patterns in children with autism, but that could be changing. One recently published study, although small, appears to lay the foundation for more focused research and could have clinical implications as well.
By Larry Hand
Join
Stay in the loop with the latest news and updates! Subscribe now to receive exclusive content, special offers, and important announcements straight to your inbox. Don’t miss out – join our community today for all the latest updates delivered directly to you.