ORLANDO, Fla. — Current prosthetic feet designed for children do not compensate for the sudden locomotor activities they perform. Optimizing a foot for walking will produce substantial deficits in running while optimizing the foot for running will cause instability during…
Month: February 2014
Green Ideas for Your Business
A little initiative and imagination can make any O&P facility a recycling and conservation vanguard.
Children Flex Articulated Knee While Crawling
ORLANDO, Fla. — Study results presented here showed that children consistently flexed a prosthetic knee joint during crawling, contrary to a conventional approach for rehabilitation in children with limb loss, which typically consists of either no knee, a pylon or…
Transtibial Amputees Develop Strategies To Perform Sit-To-Stand Tasks
This maneuver is critical to achieving functional independence.
Take Advantage of the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
With the start of the new year, small businesses can expect higher tax credit through the Affordable Care Act.
CHAMP Assessment Determines if Military Amputees Are Ready for Service Again
ORLANDO, Fla. — Military service members must undergo rehabilitation after amputation to help them return to service or retire and live life as normally as possible. However, there is no one specific way for physical therapists to know if amputees…
Summertime Fun Leads to Career in Pedorthics
Triple-certified Tennessee pedorthist is passionate about his practice.