The occurrence of diabetes, already the leading cause of limb loss in the United States, is growing. Prosthetists, orthotists and pedorthists see more patients with diabetes than any other presenting condition. If any patient type can be described as the foundation of...
The diagnosis construction worker Kyle J., 38, received was troubling: MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant staph infection that can be fatal, had developed in an open sore on his left foot and spread up his leg. By the time the Type II diabetes patient (already challenged...
The majority of orthotic and prosthetic devices today are focused on helping people overcome deficiencies of the lower extremities – ankle-foot orthoses, below-knee and above-knee prosthetic limbs, and diabetic footwear being the most prevalent. Thus it comes as no...
There are many unique aspects of providing orthotic devices to children. From a biomechanical and design perspective, working with young patients draws largely on the same orthotic principles and materials as with adults; indeed the spectrum of orthotic appliances...
Here’s a question: Name an activity of daily living that is particularly risky for a lower-limb amputee. If you are in fact an amputee or an amputee’s caregiver, you probably can come up with a lengthy list of answers to that question…among them most likely...
Prosthetic science – long a rather docile entity characterized by periodic improvements making momentary headlines – has suddenly discovered steroids. Generated by new applications of space-age materials and digital technology, fresh thinking about how to enhance...
