Lower Extremity Review
Last month Vista, CA-based DJO Global, a provider of medical devices for musculoskeletal, vascular, and pain management issues, introduced the Empi Active Knee to treat knee pain. The device uses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), comfortable...
New Options Sports introduces the JPL Groin/Hamstring Stabilizer. The stabilizer’s hip spica design increases hip stability while minimizing migration issues. The brace includes two individual 6-inch linear elastic straps sewn in at appropriate angles to support the...
Comfort Products’ AFO Liner Sock is pulled up over the calf and accommodates individuals from foot to knee, allowing patients to roll the sock over the top of an ankle foot orthosis, which helps the sock stay up. The AFO Liner Sock provides an interface between the...
CastCoverZ has launched the CastShield, a waterproof solution for showering and bathing for patients needing to protect casts, prosthetics, and bandages. Designed as an easy-on, easy-off alternative to plastic trash bags and sponge baths, the CastShield is engineered...
ProLab Orthotics’ pathology-specific prefabricated Kiddythotics are designed to correct function in hypermobile pediatric flexible flatfoot deformity. The evidence-based design of the Kiddythotics incorporates a deep heel cup, medial flange, medial heel skive, and a...
Biowave has added the portable BiowavePro to its collection of neuromodulation pain therapy devices. In physical therapy settings, BiowavePro is used during exercise, stretching, and active and passive range-of-motion therapy to manage pain and facilitate motion. For...
Pro-Tec Athletics offers the Pro-Tec Gel-Force Ankle Support. The ankle support provides compression and moderate stability to the ankle. The product features a breathable, soft fabric with four-way stretch, which applies even, comfortable compression throughout the...
Otto Bock HealthCare announces the launch of the Genium Bionic Prosthetic System. The prosthetic knee utilizes sophisticated software along with a complex sensor system, including a gyroscope and an accelerometer, to turn multiple environmental inputs into natural,...
ARANZ Medical's wound management technology now includes two new wound assessment products: the SilhouetteStar, a new compact, lightweight 3D camera, and its partnering software, SilhouetteConnect for wound imaging, measurement, and documentation. SilhouetteConnect...
Kinesio offers a range of pre-cut taping applications that can be customized to meet practitioners’ individual needs. The pre-cut products consist of strips of Kinesio Tex Tape that have been shaped and sized for specific body parts, but can be further adjusted with...
Dr. Comfort’s new Ortho Sandals pair comfort with biomechanical innovation. A built-in orthosis supports the patient’s natural arch, reduces pronation, and helps relieve symptoms of plantar fasciitis. A dual-density midsole encourages healthy foot motion by reducing...
DM Systems has added HeelSafe DVT Hose to its line of ulcer prevention products. The latex-free hose have a window design that relieves heel and Achilles tendon pressure and allows for easy visualization and palpation of the heel. Ankle-to-knee compression ratings for...
Maxibrace is now a reseller of Polymem Wound Care Dressings manufactured by Ferris Mfg. Corp., made to roll onto a toe or finger right out of the package. The product embeds everything needed for wound care in the dressing, which can be used for open or closed...
A recent paper suggests that a checklist system can help practitioners educate caregivers about orthotic device use in children with CP, which could improve compliance. But experts differ as to whether such checklists make sense in the complex world of O&P devices.
By Larry Hand
Much of sports talk radio is essentially a forum for negativity. Even in Boston, where sports fans have been ridiculously spoiled by local teams’ successes in the last decade, talk show hosts and callers spend hours bemoaning athletes’ failures and second-guessing coaches’ decisions. But on a weekday morning in early September, a conversation about ankle injuries on sports talk radio actually left me feeling surprisingly optimistic.
Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
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