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Study looks at customised foot orthotics
A NEW study being conducted at one of America's top podiatric medical colleges is looking to better understand customised foot orthotics.
The three-year study, funded by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), is currently investigating the success rate of them in the treatment of patients suffering from plantar heel pain—an ailment that many podiatrists are able to treat successfully with prescription orthotics.
The study, which will focus on a total of 300 patients, ages 18-75, is also comparing prescription orthotics to over-the-counter, prefabricated insoles - another common recommendation for managing heel pain.
A NEW study being conducted at one of America's top podiatric medical colleges is looking to better understand customised foot orthotics.
The three-year study, funded by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), is currently investigating the success rate of them in the treatment of patients suffering from plantar heel pain—an ailment that many podiatrists are able to treat successfully with prescription orthotics.
The study, which will focus on a total of 300 patients, ages 18-75, is also comparing prescription orthotics to over-the-counter, prefabricated insoles - another common recommendation for managing heel pain.
Brain signals can be detected by microelectrodes on the brain
MICROELECTRODES that sit on, instead of in, the brain may one day help paralysed people move their limbs, according to the researchers behind the device.
The University of Utah study found that brain signals controlling arm movements can be detected accurately using new microelectrodes that sit on the brain but don't penetrate it.
Bradley Greger, an assistant professor of bioengineering and co-author of the study, said the microelectrocorticography, or microECoG, devices may enable amputees to have 'a high level of control over a prosthetic limb'.
MICROELECTRODES that sit on, instead of in, the brain may one day help paralysed people move their limbs, according to the researchers behind the device.
The University of Utah study found that brain signals controlling arm movements can be detected accurately using new microelectrodes that sit on the brain but don't penetrate it.
Bradley Greger, an assistant professor of bioengineering and co-author of the study, said the microelectrocorticography, or microECoG, devices may enable amputees to have 'a high level of control over a prosthetic limb'.
