Lower Extremity Review
Biowave prescription neurostimulation is now available in a system that can be used at home or while traveling. BiowaveHome delivers therapeutic high frequency electrical signals through the skin to the surface of nociceptive pain fibers, blocking the transmission of pain…
The vast majority of Footmaxx orthotic devices are custom, carefully crafted based on a patient’s unique prescription. Now Footmaxx also offers the MyFit line of nonprescription foot orthoses as an economical solution to foot, arch, and heel pain.
Össur has launched Pro-Flex, a new foot designed to help reduce joint pain among amputees who engage in low-to-moderate impact activities. Pro-Flex is designed to address many comorbidities often found in lower limb amputees, including altered gait dynamics that can…
OPTP has partnered with Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, CSMT, to create a new set of posters focused on neuroscience pain education. The Pain Neuroscience Posters are now available as a set of four 17.75″ x 24″ posters suitable for display in therapy clinics or rehabilitation centers.
Darco International announces the addition of the Body Armor Pro Term Walker to its product line. The Pro Term Walker is an interim orthosis for conservative follow-up treatment following Chopart and Lisfranc amputations, among other indications.
The Austin, TX-based Hanger Charitable Foundation in October awarded $17,500 to four grant recipients, concluding its third round of 2016 grants.
Westlake Village, CA-based biodesigns in November reported a recent 13-patient study showed its alternative transfemoral socket outperformed a standard-of-care socket in improving amputees’ balance confidence and walking capacity.
Waco, TX-based Spenco Footwear donated 1000 pairs of shoes, sandals, and slippers to Haitian victims of Hurricane Matthew, which devastated the island nation in early October.
The New York, NY-based National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (NBSCA) in October announced it would form a scientific advisory panel of four experts from various fields within the strength and conditioning community to provide continuing education and sharing of best practices to its members.
Reykjavik, Iceland-based Össur reported in October that amputees wearing its technologies dominated the lower limb competition at the inaugural Cybathlon games in Zurich, Switzerland, claiming all three medals in the leg prosthesis race. The Cybathlon is the first global competition…
Orchard Park, NY-based Curbell Plastics in October named Airlite Plastics its 2015 Vendor of the Year. Omaha, NE-based Airlite makes plastic packaging as well as a variety of extruded plastic sheet materials for the O&P industry.
Lake Placid, FL-based Phoenix Molded Shoes, Inserts, and Braces opened its doors on September 12. The manufacturer is emphasizing communication with its practitioner customers about its services and lower extremity custom devices, which include accommodative and functional orthoses.
Multiple studies suggest that mouthguards, designed to protect athletes from dental injuries during contact sports, may also help improve muscle force and power. But plenty of other studies have found no such benefits, and even the experts aren’t sure what to believe.
By Cary Groner
Although not as common as Achilles tendinitis, peroneal tendinitis is seen in a certain group of patients with chronic ankle instability or with a cavovarus foot.1 Peroneal tendinitis presents as lateral foot pain and may also be of unknown etiology or associated with an acute inversion injury.
By Patricia Pande, MClScPT, CSCS, CPed
Decisions related to the stiffness of an ankle foot orthosis (AFO)—whether they involve device design or the materials from which it’s fabricated—can help lower extremity clinicians customize stability, biomechanics, and muscle function to meet individual patients’ needs.
By Lori Roniger
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