[Purpose] This study examined the impact of wearing a functional foot orthotic on the pelvic angle of young adults who have flatfoot. [Subjects and Methods] A total of 15 college students diagnosed with flatfoot were included in the study. Changes in the pelvic angle in the stance period during walking before and after orthotic use were measured using a VICON Motion System (VICON, Hansung, Kore...

UNLABELLED In Sierra Leone, West Africa, there are many people with disabilities in need of rehabilitation services after a long civil war. PURPOSE The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of prosthetic and orthotic service delivery in Sierra Leone from the local staff's perspective. METHOD Fifteen prosthetic and orthotic technicians working at all the rehabilitation...

Abstract A flexible problem-specific multiscale topology optimization is introduced to associate different areas of the design domain with diverse microstructures extracted from a dictionary optimized unit cells. The generation carried out by exploiting micro-SIMP AnisoTropic mesh adaptivitY (microSIMPATY) algorithm, which promotes free-form layouts. proposed methodology particularized in proof...

Background: Transfemoral amputees experience many difficulties in carrying out daily activities. One of the devices that can be used above-knee amputation patients is transfemoral prosthesis. The use prostheses post-amputation help with activities, one which independence self-care, mobility, and locomotion.
 Methods: study was conducted at PT Kuspito Orthotic Prosthetics time carried 2021....

One of the principal activities of the members of the Biomechanics Laboratory during the past two decades has been the study of human locomotion . A major objective of these studies has been the accumulation of data that might be used in the design and construction of improved prosthetic and orthotic devices . The investigations have included electromyograms of the phasic action of muscles, for...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of a custom foot orthotic intervention on the lower extremity dynamics in healthy runners. DESIGN Three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics were collected on 15 female runners (>15 miles per week) while each performed the over-ground running trials in either a shoe only or a shoe+custom foot orthotic condition. Kinematic and kinetic variables were analyz...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of bracing on preventing curve progression in coronal plane for mild and moderate adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients has been confirmed by previous radiographic researches. However, a hypokyphotic effect on the sagittal plane has been reported by a few studies. A relatively increasing number of AIS patients were noticed to wear a new kind of elastic orth...

The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of a new prefabricated Thämert forearm/hand splint with the effect of a simple elbow band as a treatment for lateral epicondylitis. Forty-three (43) patients that met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to the elbow band group and the splint group. They wore the orthotic devices for 6 weeks. Outcome measures were obtained at basel...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that a custom-fit valgus knee brace and custom-made lateral wedge foot orthotic will have greatest effects on decreasing the external knee adduction moment during gait when used concurrently. DESIGN Proof-of-concept, single test session, crossover trial. SETTING Biomechanics laboratory within a tertiary care center. PARTICIPANTS Patients (n=16) with varus ...