Background: Wearable technology is used by clinicians and researchers play a critical role in biomechanical assessments rehabilitation. Objective: The purpose of this research to validate soft robotic stretch (SRS) sensor embedded compression knee brace (smart brace) against motion capture system focusing on joint kinematics. Methods: Sixteen participants donned the smart completed three separa...

Patients with weakness or paralysis of the extensors of the knee, espe­ cially when this is associated with weakness or paralysis of the hip extensors, have great difficulty standing and walking. Many devices have been de­ signed to support the knees, ranging from simple gutter splints, plaster splints, and nonjointed bars to jointed knee braces with knee locks. Am­ bulation with a stiff knee i...

Introduction. The main indication for knee arthrodesis in tumor surgery is a tumor that requires an extensive resection in which the joint surface cannot be preserved. We report a patient that had knee desarthrodesis 41 years after giant cell tumor resection followed by a knee arthrodesis. This is the longest reported follow-up after desarthrodesis and conversion to total knee arthroplasty (TKA...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In 2002-2003, several hospitals in Norway introduced the Ponseti method for treating clubfoot. The present multicenter study was conducted to evaluate the initial results of this method, and to compare them to the good results reported in the literature. PATIENTS AND METHODS 116 children with 162 congenital idiopathic clubfeet who were born between 2004 and 2006 were tr...

Long-leg bracing affords ambulatory potential and helps reduce the incidence of deformity in patients with paralysis or weakness caused by lesions of the spinal cord. The conventional long-leg brace or knee-ankle orthosis (KAO) consists of double metal uprights, drop locks or bail locks at the knee, double action ankle joints with anterior and posterior pin stops, metal stirrup, and steel shank...

Current treatments for gait pathologies associated with neuromuscular disorders may employ a passive, rigid brace. While these provide certain benefits, they can also cause muscle atrophy. In this study, we examined NiTi shape memory alloy (SMA) wires that were annealed into springs to develop an active, soft orthotic (ASO) for the knee. Actively controlled SMA springs may provide variable assi...