Lower Extremity Review
Breg has launched the Quantum OA (osteoarthritis), a next-generation unloader knee brace for mild to severe OA. Featuring dynamic unloading in a sleek and intuitive design, Quantum is designed to offer the best of both worlds for technology and ease of use. It is engineered to address the needs of orthopedic practitioners looking for a pain-relieving OA brace that their patients will wear.
Click Medical now offers free online courses to educate practitioners on how to build and adjust RevoFit transtibial and transfemoral prosthetic sockets. The adjustable, multi-panel socket design provides global and targeted compression. The socket is adjustable through clothing and has micro and macro adjustments in which each click of the dial provides 1mm of movement compression.
Remove impact and weight bearing from conditioning and rehab programs in the forgiving environment of water with the Pro or Pro Plus buoyancy belt from AquaJogger, a division of Excel Sports Science. The company has added some extra buoyancy to its most popular buoyancy belt, the Classic, to assist those who need a little more buoyancy to keep their head comfortably out of the water while running or exercising in deep water.
Allard USA introduces FLOW (patent pending), its newest generation of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs), which was developed with a new, proprietary carbon composite formula to meet the functional and comfort needs of even more individuals. This proprietary formula offers increased range of motion in the sagittal plane and smoother transition (flow) throughout the gait cycle.
China-Gel and FAKTR have partnered to introduce China-Gel/FAKTRx Soft Tissue Therapy Creme, an herbal-enhanced emollient developed for healthcare professionals to use with instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) as well as manual therapy. Eight herbal ingredients generate a comfortable, cooling sensation and a subtle herbal scent.
A new website, DME CBP Education, brings together publicly available information from government sources to help suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) prepare for Round 2021 of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP). The DMEPOS CBP was established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
While many states have rushed to legalize cannabis, evidence for its medicinal use remains ‘paltry.’ However, physicians must be willing to talk with patients who want to use it. With medical and recreational cannabis legal across most of the United States and Canada, patients are turning to the drug as an alternative treatment for a wide range of ailments, including arthritis and other types of joint pain.
By Nicole Wetsman
The sedentary lifestyle is known for its lack of activity and exceptional amount of sitting, all leading to depressed energy expenditure. The medical consequences—from hypertension and obesity to musculoskeletal pain and osteoporosis—are many and represent leading risk factors for early mortality.
By Daniel López-López, Jose María Cancela-Carral, Romeu Araujo, and colleagues
Learn how men and women are constructed differently—and therefore why they each have a distinctive running gait—to be better equipped to manage, and prevent, female-specific lower-extremity sports injury. Starting at puberty, sex hormones begin to affect changes in bone and lean body mass—changes that are different in females than in males.
By Ray M. Fredericksen M.S. C-PED
early 60 million people worldwide will be affected by primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in 2020. The condition, a leading cause of irreversible blindness, typically occurs in people > 40 years of age; risk increases with age. The condition is known to cause difficulty walking, particularly when lighting levels differ, such as on steps, or when crossing the street.
European researchers have found an inverse association between habitual (ie, daily) coffee drinking and the risk of falls in the elderly—and that inverse association was particularly strong among those who drank caffeinated! The association also held (although not to the same extent) for a lower risk of injurious falls.
Flat-footed persons are believed to have poorer jump performance compared to those who have a normal arch. Foot orthoses are commonly used to support the deformed foot arch and improve normal foot function. However, it is unclear if use of foot orthoses affects jump performance in athletes.
By Malia Ho, Pui Wah Kong, Lowell Jia-Yee Chong, and Wing-Kai Lam
Biomechanical risk factors associated with running-related injuries: a systematic review. The incidence and prevalence of running-related injuries (RRI) is high. Biomechanical factors may play a role in the etiology of these injuries. This systematic review synthetizes biomechanical risk factors related to the development of RRI.
Strategies for preventing running-related injury are lacking. These authors examine the evidence supporting use of musculoskeletal clinical assessments to predict runners at risk. Injury in runners is common, affecting 19.4 to 94.4% of runners annually.
By Shefali M. Christopher, Jeremy McCullough, Suzanne J. Snodgrass, and Chad Cook
For decades, numerous research studies have shown that physical activity and sport play a significant role in positively shaping children’s health and emotional well-being. But, as we learn more about biology and psychology, it becomes clear that gender matters in ways not conceived of when John F. Kennedy became President in 1961 and re-energized the President’s Council on Youth Fitness, predecessor of the more recent President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport.
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