The three models (Winter, Summer, and Elastic) of the Vannini-Rizzoli Stabilizing Limb Orthosis (V-RSLO) were evaluated over a two-year period (1989-1991). A total of 181 veterans with paralysis participated. Eighty-two percent of the participants were paraplegic, while 18 percent were quadriplegic. The primary objectives of this evaluation were to determine functional utility and patient accep...

PURPOSE To compare the use of the halo fixation device in our hospital before and after implementation of a new compliance protocol. METHODS From 2003 to 2008, 17 (47%) of 36 patients had dislodgement of their halo fixation device. All rings and vests and some of the pins were reused. Documentation of poundage assessment and change of skull pins before dislodgement was lacking. There was no p...

Along with the developments in industry, Three-Dimensional (3D) printer technology, which came to fore at end of 1980s, has started be used many areas and taken an important place our lives. The prototype final version a product designed help Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs can easily produced. 3D printers; They are involved such as automotive machine production order develop prototypes de...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were: (i) to compare the neuro-prosthetic effect of implantable peroneal nerve stimulation to the orthotic effect of a standard of care intervention (no device, shoe or ankle foot orthosis) on walking, as assessed by spatiotemporal parameters; and (ii) to examine whether there is evidence of an enhanced lower-limb flexion reflex with peroneal nerve stimulation a...

Fundamental difierences in human arm :>ehavior can be related to two types of movements: constrained and unconstrained. III constrained moveme Its, the human arm moves in such a way that the environment continuously exerts a dynamic constraint on the arm. The "environment", in this instance, is the object that is in continuous coptact with the human arm. In unconstrained movem~nts, the arm move...

Orthosis and prosthesis is an expert knowledge in medical field including the design, fabrication and utilizing of orthosis and prosthesis. An orthosis is a device made of different types of material (plastic, aluminum, foam, leather, etc.) used externally on body segments to modify the structural or functional characteristics of musculoskeletal system to objectives such as: reducing pain, rest...