ActiveProtective airbag belt to protect hips from fractures
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Pressure-monitoring stockings to prevent wounds in diabetics
Pressure-monitoring stockings with integrated elastomer sensors – trade fair … READ MORE
How 3D printing can take your pain away
Foot orthotics, those moulded insoles that reduce the stress of injury or genetic … READ MORE
Can technology also help seniors to prevent falls?
Falls remain the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations among seniors in … READ MORE
Changes in multi-segment foot biomechanics
Figure 1. The semi-custom mouldable Softec Response orthotic used in the current … READ MORE
Knee implant that helps osteoarthritis
“The clinical benefit of joint unloading is proven to reduce pain,” clinical … READ MORE
Immediate effects of foot orthoses on comfort and lower extremity kinematics, kinetics, and muscle activity
Jordan Siemens / Getty Images In order to accommodate patients to new foot orthoses … READ MORE
Effect of shoe inserts on kinematics during running
Jordan Siemens / Getty Images Author information: Human Performance Laboratory, … READ MORE
Close look at orthotics raises a welter of doubts
Orthotic shoe inserts may work, but it’s not clear why. Benno M. Nigg has become a … READ MORE
UPDATE: A Canadian Solution to the Philips Lifeline Recall?
Recent news of the tragic death of 72-year-old Elizabeth Bell from Alberta who was … READ MORE
Zinger claimed to be the world’s lightest electric wheelchair
For people who are almost entirely unable to walk, a powerful heavy-duty electric … READ MORE
Cheap, lightweight powered wheelchairs for young
World’s lightest, least expensive motorized wheelchair designed by BYU … READ MORE
Inkjet printing of flexible electronics for body-worn medical devices
New research shows how inkjet-printing technology can be used to mass-produce … READ MORE
Pain management in post total knee replacement
Osteoarthritis, OA affects approximately one in 10 individuals and is equally … READ MORE
Helmet therapy for infant positional skull deformation ‘should be discouraged’
New research published in the BMJ suggests that for positional skull deformation in … READ MORE
Functional electrical stimulation, FES, in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is defined as the electrical stimulation of … READ MORE
Effectiveness of a foot drop stimulator in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
Aim Ankle foot orthoses are the standard of care for foot drop in cerebral palsy … READ MORE
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