Lower Extremity Review
Designed around the motto “Donning Made Easy,” Streifeneder USA has released the new Slide.fit donning aid for transfemoral prostheses. The gliding material offers diminished resistance, allowing the amputee to…
New from Spenco are Spenco Medics, adjustable replacement insoles featuring the company’s Total Support technology along with interchangeable heel and midfoot pods.
When Sigvaris North America launched its Midtown Microfiber hosiery line in 2014, it was the company’s first compression therapy collection designed exclusively for men in three compression levels.
Elite Orthopaedics offers two new walkers designed for applications including soft tissue injuries, grade two and three sprains, stable fractures, and postoperative rehabilitation.
The Washington, DC-based American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) on October 9 recognized the three recipients of its Ralph R. “Ronney” Snell Legislative Advocacy Award at its National Assembly in San Antonio, TX.
Birmingham, UK-based Delcam announced in September the renaming of its Delcam Orthotic Insole Solutions division to Autodesk Footwear.
Miami, FL-based FootcareXpress reported in September its new partnership with USA Rugby. The company is supporting the USA Rugby teams as they play in this month’s 2015 World Cup and prepare for the 2016 Summer…
Rehab Systems Orthotics and Prosthetics and the Orthotic & Prosthetic Activities Foundation (OPAF) in September hosted First Swing Learn to Golf clinics in Boise and Twin Falls, ID, where the company has facilities.
The Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce proclaimed October 1 Fillauer Day and hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the company’s new manufacturing facility in the Tennessee city.
The Gout & Uric Acid Education Society (GUAES) in September released a series of four educational brochures to raise awareness of the serious complications of gout, including heart and kidney disease, diabetes, and stroke.
Bedford, MA-based iWalk, also known as Biom, on September 29 unveiled its new name, BionX, and logo during a presentation at the Ladenburg Thalmann Healthcare Conference in New York City.
Fremont, CA-based AlterG is celebrating October’s National Physical Therapy month with its PT of the Month contest. Go to learn.alterg.com/pt-month by October 23 to nominate a physical therapist.
My grandmother smoked for decades, and although she did eventually succeed in quitting, she still spent the last few years of her life linked to an oxygen tank. And as a medical journalist, I’m very familiar with the long list of health-related disadvantages of smoking…
Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
It’s no surprise that ballet dancers, who spend hours rehearsing high impact jumps, experience a high incidence of lower extremity injuries. A new study, however, shows that dancers can reduce loading on lower extremity joints and…
By Robyn Parets
Excessive peak angles in weightbearing joints during hip hop dance may contribute to lower extremity injuries in this population, according to a September 2015 study published in Medical Problems of Performing Artists.
By Jordana Bieze Foster
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