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 ...

Orthotics are special shoe or heel inserts a doctor prescribes that are custom-made specifically for you. A doctor may prescribe orthotics to treat foot, leg, or back problems. Read on to discover the ...

Betterguards has teamed up with the NBA Training Association to outfit players with its adaptive ankle brace. The pro ballers ...

The first active orthosis prototype assists muscles affected by incomplete spinal cord injury. The first active orthosis prototype, developed at the UPC, assists muscles affected by incomplete spinal ...

Background Ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is the most frequently used type of orthosis in children with cerebral palsy (CP). AFOs are designed either to improve function or to prevent or treat muscle ...

Developed by researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, the Ankle Mimicking Prosthetic-or AMP-Foot 2.0 is not only designed to give wearers an incredibly natural and lifelike gait, it ...

Orthoses are widely used in the management of children with CP even though there is no robust evidence for its effect. [8,9] The ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) is the most frequently used type of orthoses ...