Lower Extremity Review
Paceline introduces the new customizable Tensitube Blue Shrinker, an elastic postoperative residual limb shrinker that applies controlled compression to help provide pain relief and reduce hypertrophic scarring and edema in lower extremity amputees.
Swede-O announces the launch of the Ankle Foot Stabilizer (AFS), the newest addition to the MVT2 (Micro Ventilated Thermal) Technology line of products. The AFS includes medial and lateral stabilizers, an adjustable closure strap for greater support, and a nonslip safety sole to help prevent slipping.
Orfit Industries introduces Orfitrans Medium Soft, made of a stronger thermoplastic material for optimal patient comfort. Orfitrans Medium Soft can be used for transtibial check sockets as well as for lower limb orthoses.
TRS has responded to requests from the O&P profession by introducing two new sizes (14 cm and 15 cm) of its Little Feet for infants and young children. Little Feet are functional, economical prosthetic feet in sizes now ranging in 1-cm increments from 10 cm to 15 cm.
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.
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