Lower Extremity Review
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), in collaboration with the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) and the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) US Army Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP), has…
Researchers with the Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE) and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Australia, have developed a groundbreaking diagnostic tool to streamline the fitting of bionic prosthetic legs.
Professor Michael Madigan, PhD, and doctoral candidate Youngjae Lee with the Madigan Biomechanics Group in the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are working toward a solution to a common problem: trips and falls.
Over the past several decades, technology has effectively changed how global communities interface with one another. Travel is more affordable and efficient, and immigration has made cultural diversity a constant in all aspects of life. The internet literally transformed how we acquire information across the…
By Robert Lin, CPO
Ankle fractures can potentially limit an individual’s mobility, autonomy, and quality of life, making them devastating injuries for geriatric patients. Researchers from the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, in Hempstead, NY, wanted to better understand the functional outcomes and…
A team of Rice University engineers has launched a first-of-its-kind, open-source software that constructs and uses personalized computer models of how individual patients move to optimize treatments for neurologic and orthopedic mobility impairments. Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health…
A better understanding of the therapeutic benefits of performing daily activities with passive, quasi-passive, and active ankle-foot prostheses in people with a lower limb amputation can help gauge the impact of…
By Elke Lathouwers, María Alejandra Díaz, Alexandre Maricot, Bruno Tassignon, Claire Cherelle, Pierre Cherelle, Romain Meeusen, and Kevin De Pauw
Large epidemiological studies are needed to elucidate the underlying injury mechanisms, the demographics of each fracture group, and the influence of sex and age on the sustained fracture.
By Emilia Möller Rydberg, David Wennergren, Caroline Stigevall, Jan Ekelund, and Michael Möller
Calcaneal fractures account for 60% of tarsal fractures, and intra-articular fractures account for up to 75% of those. Displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures are often accompanied by long-term sequelae, permanent disability and other…
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