1 Final report of the Facility Case Record Study. 2 Formerly Professional Assistant, Committee on Prosthetic-Orthotic Education. 3 Executive Secretary, Committee on ProstheticOrthotic Education, Division of Medical Sciences, National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 4 Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University; Chairman, Subcommittee on Prosthetics Clinica...

[Purpose] This study was to evaluate the effects of orthotics on adults with flexible flatfoot when wearing orthotic insoles while walking on horizontal ground, walking up and down stairs and to determine if flexible flatfoot needs treatment. [Subjects and Methods] Fifteen college students with flexible flatfoot and fifteen college students with normal feet were recruited. First, load rate and ...

The concept of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) was put forward by Liberson 2 in 1960 when he and his team produced the first electrical stimulation device for the correction of dropped foot due to an upper motor neurone lesion. His concept was that by applying electrical stimulation to paralysed muscles, functional movement could be produced, providing the user with a useful orthotic de...

foot in subjects with upper motor neuron lesions he concept of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) was put forward by Liberson1,2 in 1960 when he and his team produced the first electrical stimulation device for the correction of dropped foot due to an upper motor neuron lesion. His concept was that by applying electrical stimulation to paralysed muscles, functional movement could be produc...

Objectives: Although for those spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with paralysis of the legs but not at arms, the primary means of mobility post injury is the manual wheelchair, there are many physiological and psychological advantages to standing and walking, such as improvement in respiratory function, lower limb weight bearing and preventing osteoporosis, pressure sores prevention etc. High m...

Ankle-Foot-Orthoses (AFOs) are assistive devices used for neurological and physical disorders affecting the movement of lower limbs. The needs an increasingly young active orthotic patient population have led to advancements in ankle foot orthosis (AFO) design materials enable higher function. Proper selection material manufacturing AFO leads greater increase popularity patients during walking ...

[Purpose] An ankle-foot-orthosis (AFO) is an assistive brace that allows stroke patients to achieve an independent gait. Therefore, we examined whether or not the orthotic angle for plantar flexion limitation affects the kinematic parameters of the hip and knee joints on the affected side of patients with stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Fifteen patients with chronic hemiplegia were recruited for...

The Japanese Association of Prosthetic and Orthotic Industry, founded in 1939, consists of 300 manufacturers, of which the total number of prosthetic and orthotic technicians are estimated to be 5,000. In 1968 doctors, engineers and technicians got together to form the Japanese Society of Prosthetic and Orthotic Educat ion, Research and Development. This society, having 500 members, holds meeti...

Orthotic prescription for forefoot posting is commonly based upon measures of the forefoot performed on a non-weightbearing foot. However, the relationship of measures of the unloaded foot to determine orthotic prescription for compensatory forefoot function during gait is still in question. Another approach to determine orthotic prescription is to measure the height of forefoot posting necessa...

This research project investigated the orthotic prescription habits of podiatric physicians in Australia and New Zealand. A 23-item questionnaire was distributed to all members of the Australian Podiatry Association and the New Zealand Society of Podiatrists. When asked what type of foot orthoses they prescribe most often, 72% of respondents reported functional foot orthoses; the next most comm...