Lower Extremity Review
Children’s orthopedic footwear company Keeping Pace has launched a newly designed, hi-top athletic shoe with a flexible outsole. The KPHTP shoe has a double-depth, triple-width design specifically for accommodating ankle foot orthoses. The new athletic hi-top shoe...
The new EZ Stride Dorsi-Assist is for practitioners who want to “think outside the shoe.” The EZ Stride Dorsi-Assist, available in prefabricated or custom models, is an alternative to traditional in-shoe ankle foot orthoses for patients who cannot tolerate an in-shoe...
Pro-Tec Athletics offers the new Y Roller, a massage tool made with elastomer, a high density, durable foam. Designed to provide deep tissue massage and myofascial release, the Y Roller helps reduce muscle fatigue and tightness, promote flexibility, and enhance...
The Vertimax competitive edge training system is designed to improve speed, vertical jump height, and overall athleticism. Used by professional and collegiate athletes and designed to increase performance across all sports and ages, Vertimax simultaneously applies...
New from Ability Dynamics is the Rush foot. The foot is made of a new composite fiber material, Flexeon, which is three times more flexible than carbon-fiber materials used in conventional prosthetic feet. The foot is designed for amputees with K3 and K4 activity...
A German study of individuals with instrumented knee implants suggests the actual effects of footwear on loading in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) may be much more subtle than those reported in previous studies using indirect measures of load.
Long-term wear of high-heeled shoes leads to significant alterations in ankle range of motion (ROM) and muscle strength, according to researchers from the Republic of Korea.
Unlike experienced runners, almost all novice runners tend to use a rearfoot strike pattern when wearing a conventional running shoe, according to a Danish study e-published in January by Gait & Posture.
This month Algeos USA announced the grand opening of its warehouse in Riverside, CA, marking the arrival of Algeos UK into the US market. Algeos UK was established in 1881 and has been owned by the Sheridan family since 1990; other international subsidiaries include...
Vista, CA-based DJO Global, a provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal and vascular health and pain management, announced a merger agreement with Exos Corporation last month; the deal went into effect on December 28. Arden Hills, MN-based Exos, a...
The Foundation for Physical Therapy, a primary source of funding for physical therapy researchers investigating innovative approaches to health delivery services, closed out 2012 by awarding $105,000 in scholarships and research grants, including two $40,000 research...
Napa, CA-based ProLab Orthotics announced in January that it is expanding its custom functional foot orthotic manufacturing business with the acquisition of FootStride Technology, a manufacturer of custom foot orthoses in Snohomish, WA. FootStride is recognized for...
St. Paul, MN-based BioMedix in December introduced the latest generation of PADnet, its flagship noninvasive vascular testing device, along with a new product, VEINnet. PADnet detects peripheral artery disease (PAD) by measuring ankle-brachial and toe-brachial indices...
Atlanta, GA-based Catalyst Sports is scheduled to host a climbing clinic for people with physical disabilities on March 23, 2013, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Catalyst will hold the event at Atlanta’s Stone Summit Climbing and Fitness Gym, one of the largest indoor...
Earlier this month Mpower Sports and Recreation, an online resource for active individuals with disabilities, launched its website, which features interactive education and information about adaptive sports and recreation. Mpower Sports and Recreation’s mission is...
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