Controlling Foot Drop
A partnership between the patient, physical therapist, physician, and orthotist is key to finding the right product. A feature for the February/March 2018 issue of Physical Therapy Products by Uzo Igwegbe, PT, MPT.
Category: Gait & Balance
Gait & Balance
Popular
Gait & Balance
LatestIntegrated Interventions for Stroke Rehab
Emily Lyter, PT, DPT, explains how the use of technology for post-stroke patients leads to better assessments, more effective interventions, and efficient care outcomes, in this feature for the June/July 2021 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
Gait & Balance
Latest
Gait Training to Music Offers Practice a Clinical and Competitive Advantage
Watch how the Biodex Gait Trainer™ 3 treadmill with music enhancement helped Body in Balance boost outcomes, and keep patients like Fran coming back.
Athletic Performance: Seeing is Believing
Tim Sell, PhD, PT, and Kim Duffy, PhD, explain how physical therapy clinics are leveraging motion capture data for injury prevention and rehab, in this feature for the October/November 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
Read More
Recovery Unlimited
Frank Long, MS, Editorial Director of Physical Therapy Products, takes a look at technology therapists use to pinpoint their interventions and prepare patients for community living, in this feature for the October/November 2020 issue.
Read More
Interacoustics’ VisualEyes, 3rd Gen, Launches
Interacoustics announces the launch of the third generation of Micromedical VisualEyes by Interacoustics, which offers Videonystagmography, vHIT and Rotary Chair testing in one integrated system. Register for the product launch on October 22.
Read More
Tekscan Introduces the F-Scan64, a Bluetooth-Enabled In-Shoe Pressure Mapping System
Tekscan Inc introduces the F-Scan64, a wireless in-shoe pressure mapping system designed to collect gait data for clinical research.
Read MoreTherapeutic Conditioning Product Showcase
Keep therapy engaging and effective with these technologies manufactured with the PT clinic in mind, featured in the August/September 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products.
Read More
Walkasins Incorporation Into Artificial Limbs is Aim of $1M DOD Grant
RxFunction Inc, a provider of Walkasins, has been selected by the Defense Health Agency to receive a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct Phase II contract to fund further development of the prosthesis.
Read More
STRIDE Trial Puts Fall-Related Injury Prevention Plans to the Test
A nurse-managed, individually tailored falls prevention plan administered for at least 20 months did not significantly reduce risk of serious fall injuries in older adults aged 70 and over who were at high risk for falls, findings from the STRIDE trial, reported recently in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest.
Read More
Step with Power and Confidence with This Stroke Rehab Device
Engineers have developed a lightweight, motorless device that can be attached to an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) and aid stroke patients in their rehabilitation, improving their walking and preventing falls.
Read More
The Exhibit Hall is Now Open
Gait and balance technology manufacturers offer a guided tour of their latest devices for treating post-stroke and neurological patients. A feature for the June/July 2020 issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine.
Read More
Leveling Up with Aquatic Therapy
Clinics that plan well and make smart equipment purchases can reap all the rewards of aquatic therapy programs. A feature for the June/July issue of Physical Therapy Products magazine by Mary Jean McKinnon, PTA, and Carol Green, PT, COMT.
Read More
Study Demonstrates AposTherapy Footwear’s Effect on Osteoarthritis Pain
A new study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders demonstrates the ability of AposTherapy biomechanical footwear devices to help reduce pain associated with knee osteoarthritis and improve patients’ physical function and joint stiffness.
Read More
Zimmer Biomet Adds Gait Feature to MyMobility with Apple Watch
Zimmer Biomet and Apple announce new features of mymobility with Apple Watch enabling more remote care for patients who receive hip and knee joint replacement.
Read More
BPPV Possible? Just Ask This Question
Considering whether a patient might have benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)? Just ask this question — “Does lying down or turning over in bed make you feel dizzy?” — according to a University of Gothenburg thesis.
Read More
Walk Faster and Farther Post-Stroke in a Soft Robotic Exosuit: Here’s How
Researchers from Harvard University and Boston University explain, in IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB), how soft exosuit technology could help bring immediate improvements in walking speed and endurance tests among stroke survivors with chronic hemiparesis.
Read MoreFast Times for Facility-Based Equipment
Results from Physical Therapy Products’ annual survey indicate the good times of 2019 helped build a confident environment for purchasing in the early going of 2020, Frank Long, MS, notes in its February/March 2020 issue.
Read More