Rob McCarthy, DVM, a Professor at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, wrote an article in the Journal of Small Animal Practice: “Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injury in Dogs – Are We Really Making Any Progress? (This article is free if you click on the full text option.) Dr. McCarthy cites these widely published statistics: […]
Athlete’s foot and cracked heels lead to cellulitis? This can happen more often than you think. An article in the online version of the British Daily Mail recounts how Chris Banting noticed a scarlet streak on his left calf. He felt no pain or discomfort. He had it checked out, and the doctor determined it […]
A hot spot on the diabetic foot may indicate that an ulcer is about to form. Recent research has focused on foot temperature and inflammation as ways to predict ulcer formation. “Heat is one of the most sensitive things, one of the first things that happens when we begin to have tissue breakdown,” according to […]
An intriguing article on an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) for running recently appeared in the September, 2009, issue of Prosthetics and Orthotics International. Authors David Bishop, Allan Moore, and Naveen Chandrashekar discuss a novel AFO. The AFO was designed for one of the authors who suffered peroneal nerve damage and as a result developed […]
Tamarack™ joints featured in People Magazine? Maybe not featured . . . but, if you look closely at page 133 of the September 21, 2009, issue of People magazine, you will see a Tamarack Flexure Joint™ (740-L) on prosthesis worn by Andre. And, Andre is not a person; he’s a dog. This is a truly […]
The Prescription Foot Orthotic Laboratory Association PFOLA is having their annual conference in Atlanta from October 2 to 4, 2009. The focus of the conference is Foot Biomechanics and Orthotic Therapy. Douglas Richie, Jr., DPM, is going to be chairing a panel on postural control interventions. This is an area of increasing research in the […]
Tamarack™ seeks up to 50 people who use wheelchairs to try out a new technology designed to make sitting more comfortable and to reduce stress on the skin. The technology is called GlideWear™. GlideWear™ uses a new fabric based friction management system (patent pending). The first application of this technology is a wheelchair seat cushion […]
Here’s a recent article on the growing trend of fabricating leg braces for dogs. The May 25, 2009 article is about Derrick Campana, CO from the Sun Gazette of Arlington, Virginia: “Entrepreneur’s Prosthetics for Animals in Vanguard of Growing Industry.” Campana’s company, Animal Orthocare, is one of the (photo courtesy of Animal Orthocare) growing number […]
Please read Tamarack™ Habilitation Technology‘s most recent white paper “Cranial Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Dogs.” This white paper discusses the surprising statistics regarding ligament ruptures and surgeries for dogs. About 1.2 million dogs undergo surgery for torn ligaments every year. Most of these surgeries are for torn cranial cruciate ligaments (CCL) – the canine equivalent […]
Please read an article by Stefania Fatone, PhD, and colleagues published in the May, 2009 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The title of the article is “Effect of Ankle-Foot Orthosis Alignment and Foot-Plate Length on the Gait of Adults with Poststroke Hemiplegia.” The research compares the gait patterns of stroke […]