Combining the use of a weighted back support device with a special exercise program helps women with osteoporosis-related spinal curvature to improve their balance, according to a study by Mayo Clinic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a study to assess the response of a scoliotic spine to orthotic intervention, researchers found a definitive ...

A retrospective study by the Amputee Coalition found Medicare recipients who receive orthoses and prostheses are less likely to require further facility-based care, MedPage Today reports. The study ...

Rehabilitation is explored in both rats and mice models using automated bicycles (Dr. Houle and colleagues), compliant robot rehabilitation at ankle and pelvis (Dr. Giszter and colleagues), and ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) among veterans that results in paralysis can affect seated posture. We analyzed the potential for controlling pelvis and trunk position with functional electrical stimulation ...

This course considers normal human movement; pathological conditions resulting from disease, injury, malformations, birth, etc.; and engineering approaches such as prostheses (limb replacements) and ...

The current issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD), a publication of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), includes articles ...

Anatomical Sciences for O&P is designed to provide the student an extensive background in the fundamentals of human anatomy with an emphasis on musculoskeletal systems as related to physical ...