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The Intelligent Automated Pressure-Adjustable Orthosis for Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): A Bi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial.

open access: yesSpine, 2020
STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of the automated pressure-adjustable orthosis (PO) and conventional orthosis (CO) for treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
Yang-Sung Lin   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

THE EFFECT OF THE MYOMO ROBOTIC ORTHOSIS ON REACH PERFORMANCE AFTER STROKE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Stroke affects 795,000 people yearly. Close to 85 percent of stroke survivors experience some degree of stroke-related upper extremity impairment due to spastic paresis (Nakayama, Jorgenson, Pedersen, Raaschou, & Olsen, 1994).
Bleakley, Scott
core  

Orthotic management of cerebral palsy : recommendations from a consensus conference

open access: yes, 2011
An international multidisciplinary group of healthcare professionals and researchers participated in a consensus conference on the management of cerebral palsy, convened by the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Stevens, P.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Finite Element Analysis of Decompression Effect of Custom Additively Manufactured Knee Orthosis Compartments

open access: yesShanghai Jiaotong Daxue xuebao, 2023
To simulate the biomechanical changes of knee joint before and after wearing the orthosis in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) by constructing a finite element model of the knee joint and a customized additively manufactured knee orthosis, so as to
XU Yuanjing, GAO Haifeng, WU Yuncheng, LIU Yihao, ZHANG Ziyan, HUANG Chenglan, WANG Zanbo, LIU Tongyou, WANG Caiping, MIAO Weiqiang, WANG Jinwu
doaj   +1 more source

De Novo 2.2 Mb 19q13.42–q13.43 Microdeletion Encompassing U2AF2: Support for a Haploinsufficiency Model

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 2 (U2AF2) is an essential pre‐mRNA splicing factor involved in the early stages of pre‐mRNA splicing. To date, multiple individuals have been reported with predominantly heterozygous missense variants presenting intellectual disability, speech and motor delays, seizures, hypotonia, and thin or hypoplastic ...
Amanda Toledo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of 3D-printed myoelectric hand orthosis for patients with spinal cord injury

open access: yesJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2019
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe medical condition affecting the hand and locomotor function. New medical technologies, including various wearable devices, as well as rehabilitation treatments are being developed to enhance hand function in patients ...
Hyun-Joon Yoo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessment of an Assistive Control Approach Applied in an Active Knee Orthosis Plus Walker for Post-Stroke Gait Rehabilitation

open access: yesItalian National Conference on Sensors, 2020
The goal of this study is the assessment of an assistive control approach applied to an active knee orthosis plus a walker for gait rehabilitation. The study evaluates post-stroke patients and healthy subjects (control group) in terms of kinematics ...
A. C. Villa-Parra   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The effects of Milwaukee orthosis on gait parameters in a Scoliotic subject

open access: yesمجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2013
Introduction: Scoliosis is one of the musculoskeletal disorders which influence the performance of subjects during standing and walking. There is no enough information regarding the influence of orthosis on gait parameters and stability functions in ...
Mahsa Kaviani Brojeni   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tendon elongation in the free tendon is evident in patients with and without persistent muscle weakness following an Achilles tendon rupture

open access: yesKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Incomplete recovery with persistent muscle weakness is frequently observed following Achilles tendon rupture. The mechanisms for this weakness remain unclear, but tendon elongation has been suggested as a contributing factor. The aim of this study was to compare tendon and muscle morphology in high‐ and low‐functioning patients more ...
Pawel Szaro   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A review of the effect of a Walker ankle-foot orthosis on gait biomechanics in healthy individuals

open access: yes, 2021
Walker orthoses are one of the most popular substitutes to regular cast. They are used by people who have experienced acute trauma to the ankle complex. This review aimed to summarize and update information on the currently published research explicitly ...
Karol Lann Vel Lace   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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