Lower Extremity Review
Elite Orthopaedics introduces a new postoperative shoe: the Mesh Top Post Operative Shoe. The new shoe is designed for use on a postoperative, traumatized, diabetic, or insensitive foot. Features of the Mesh Top Post Operative Shoe include an open-toe design and a...
Alli-Flex from Allied Plastic Supply is a soft black, flexible plastic used for prosthetic liners. A cost-effective alternative to black Northvane, Alli-Flex is easy to clean and resists staining. A benefit of a black liner is its ability to mask evidence of bodily...
Arcopedico’s top-selling LS shoe line has been rebranded with the nickname “Shocks” (shoes as comfortable as wearing socks) and introduced in two bright new colors, fuschia and orange. As the name implies, Shocks offer the coziness of a pair of knit socks in a shoe...
The new swim joint by Swim Again is designed to give lower limb amputees the freedom of swimming without the hassle of specialized prosthetics. The joint can be released with a pull pin, allowing the user to walk to and from the water unassisted and eliminating the...
Beginning late this year, all Dynamic Ankle Foot Orthoses from Cascade Dafo will feature improved internal padding. The new contoured modular pad-ding will be applied in areas of each brace design where elevated pressure is anticipated. Ortho-engineered to conform to...
M.J. Markell Shoe Company offers the Tarso Clubfoot AFO, a semirigid ankle foot orthosis for use with the Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment. The Tarso Clubfoot AFO has a symmetrical shape for use on either the left or right foot. It features semirigid construction...
The mechanism by which ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) reduce drop foot in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) involves proximal effects as well as the distal changes with which clinicians are more familiar, according to research from the UK.
Personalized insoles created using additive manufacturing technology are associated with improved biomechanics and comfort during running, according to research from Loughborough University in the UK.
Tibial bone mineral density in stroke survivors who use ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) remains significantly higher in the unaffected limb than the affected limb after more than a decade, according to research from the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
An email-based education and communication service is helping patients understand what to expect as they get ready to undergo or recover from total joint replacement (TJR) surgery.
Vitamin D deficiency may underlie race-specific pain patterns in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), according to researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Two studies e-published in October found medial arch supports and motion control shoes have no significant effect on knee adduction moment (KAM), regarded as a surrogate measure of medial knee compression.
Spurred by conclusions from the Chronic Osteoarthritis Management Initiative (COAMI) Work Group, which met earlier this year to assess current practice in OA management, healthcare providers from more than 20 professional societies are proposing significant changes in...
Commerce City, CO-based Mile High Orthotics Lab and Mequon, WI-based Dr. Comfort joined forces in October to raise money for recovering US service members and veterans. On October 7, a team of Mile High manufacturers and clinicians participated in the Tough Mudder...
On October 24 American Physical Therapy Association president Paul A. Rockar Jr, PT, DPT, MS, issued a statement applauding the proposed legal settlement of Glenda Jimmo, et al vs Kathleen Sebelius, a national class action lawsuit. Plaintiffs alleged that the US...
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