An ankle-foot orthotic, or AFO, is a brace that controls the kinematics and kinetics of the ankles while also compensating for weakening or correcting irregularities. AFOs can also be used to ...

People with poliomyelitis would walk more normally with the new powered knee-ankle-foot orthosis developed by Mokhtar Arazpour, a researcher and faculty member at the University of Social Welfare and ...

Physical therapy students in the sixth and final year of their program are in need of faculty and staff volunteers, considered to be mild over- or underpronators, to participate in an individualized ...

Three senior design teams from the Kate Gleason College of Engineering will be attending the American Society of Mechanical Engineering 2013 Summer Bioengineering Conference on June 26-29, in Sunriver ...

SINGAPORE - The introduction of 3D scanning and printing technology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) Foot Care and Limb Design Centre has cut waiting times for patients who require customised ...

My son, Luke, was born 18 months ago with myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida. Luke and our family have faced many challenges: premature birth at 26 weeks due to complications after ...