Adjustable prosthetic socket allows wearer to control the fit.
Year: 2013
Patients more easily open up to patient advocate Carl Wardell because he is an amputee.
LITTLE ROCK — Although pedorthists only need to perform a physical examination to be able to diagnose a patient’s foot problems, being able to read an X-ray can help clinicians understand how severe the problem is and help prescribe the…
Skin protection and moisture management are crucial in prosthetic and diabetic socks.
In an effort to refute the notion that male-owned business achieve higher success than female-owned business, John Watson, MCom, PhD, FCA, a professor of accounting and finance at the University of Western Australia, and Alicia M. Robb, PhD, a research…
Compared with an energy-storing and energy-returning prosthetic device, a powered prosthetic device demonstrated significantly greater ankle range of motion and power generation, while the uniarticular function of the powered prosthesis may cause proximal joint asymmetries as well as the introduction…
The Activities Measure for Upper Limb Amputees helps clinicians determine if patients are prepared for prosthetic use.