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Cover Story
In their own words, 2 stroke survivors who use different AFOs, discuss the mismatched perception of how the ankle foot orthosis represents long-term disability but is a resource for independent safe mobility. Three-fourths of all strokes occur in adults older than 65 and as age increases…
By Jennifaye V. Brown, PT, PhD, NCS, Steven Best, PT, ...
ShortTakes on AFO Effectiveness
Meta-analysis Demonstrates AFOs Improve Gait, Balance in Stroke. In a recently published systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers from Korea looked at the effectiveness of ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) use on improving gait function and balance in patients with stroke. Their analysis covered a total of 19 studies including 434 participants that reported on the immediate or ...
Guest Perspective
The O&P Global project: research, investigation and consultation. The foundation for an international body to support national-level regulation of orthotist/prosthetists. The global demand for orthotic/prosthetic (O&P) services is set to double by 2050.
By Leigh Clarke, M.PH, B.PO (hons), c-OP AOPA; Emily Ridgewell, PhD, B.PO (hons), c-OP AOPA; Sarah Anderson, PhD, B.PO (hons), c-OP AOPA; and ...
Features
Lateral ankle sprains (LASs) often result in damage to the lateral ligaments of the ankle, reducing both static and dynamic ankle stability and resulting in a continuum of disability.
By Hyunwook Lee, MS, LAT, ATC*; S. Jun Son, PhD, ATC†; Hyunsoo Kim, PhD, ATC‡; Seunguk Han, MS, ATC*; Matthew Seeley, PhD, ATC*; and J. Ty Hopkins, ...
Wound care is a growing public health burden with new clinical products emerging seemingly daily. But how to know which products are useful for which patients and how to access such information can be a challenge for busy clinicians. lerEXPO recently hosted a wound care technology expert panel sponsored by vTail.
Highlights of 2021 Midwest ASB Regional Meeting
About ASB: The American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) was founded in 1977 to encourage and foster the exchange of information and ideas among biomechanists working in different disciplines and to facilitate the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science.
ASB has a membership of approximately 850 academic researchers, clinicians, scientists, students, and industry members working to solve basic and applied problems in the realm of biomechanics and to improve understanding of the workings of biological systems. ASB members are organized into five primary discipline categories: biological sciences, exercise and sports science, health sciences, ergonomics and human factors, and engineering and applied science.
Poor balance and falls remain a large concern for older adults and individuals with physical disability. Clinicians use adapted commercial video gaming as one intervention technique to address balance impairments. However, a lack of standardized balance intensity measures…
By Amanda Laxganger, Debbie Espy, and Ann Reinthal
Quantifying and defining criteria for balance proficiency for a specific balance task is an important factor when improving one’s balance. Motion-based games are selected to emphasize 5 distinct balance tasks as a method of improving balance and reducing fall risk in individuals’ post-stroke.
By Zachary Hubbard, Debbie Espy, and Ann Reinthal
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that occurs as a complication of diabetes mellitus and disrupts the sensory, autonomic, and motor systems. Clinical symptoms of peripheral neuropathy can include muscle weakness, numbness, lack of coordination, and pain. Charcot arthropathy can develop when an injury occurs in a patient with peripheral neuropathy.
By Jessi Martin, Brian Davis, Grant ...
Stroke is a neurological disease that causes disability in adults and increases the risk of falling. The integration of technology and rehabilitation strategies are systematically used in physical therapy to target muscle activity in post-stroke patients. This addresses initial muscle weakness of the affected side of the body, as well as asymmetrical postural behavior.
By Abigail ...
Wound Care Update
A picture is worth a thousand words – how many times have you heard that old adage? There is no bigger truth in wound care documentation. Wound photos serve as a visual reference and act as a testimonial on wound progression in the medical record. Wound photos supplement the EMR and encourage accurate documentation of ...
COVID-19 Update
The roles of soap and water versus hand sanitizers for SARS-COV-2 decontamination. Hand sanitizers are an important hand hygiene intervention for skin contaminated with an enveloped virus such as SARS-CoV-2. Sanitizers are packaged in units that can be carried easily and therefore are able to be used in high-risk situations…
Industry News & Updates
The Last Word
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