Application of ultrasound to monitor in vivo residual bone movement within transtibial prosthetic sockets.

Transtibial prosthetic users do often struggle to achieve an optimal prosthetic fit, leading to residual limb pain and stump-socket instability. Prosthetists face challenges in objectively assessing the impact of prosthetic adjustments on residual limb loading. Understanding the mechanical behaviour of the pseudo-joint formed by the residual bone and prosthesis may facilitate prosthetic adjustments and achieving optimal fit.

Lifestyle factors and psychological factors are associated with central pain processing in service members with persistent low-back pain: A cross-sectional exploratory study.

Persistent low-back pain (LBP) is highly prevalent in the military. Altered central pain processing is one of the mechanisms found to underlie persistent LBP. Our aim was to explore which factors are associated with altered pain processing in Dutch service members with persistent LBP.

A modified passive-dynamic ankle-foot orthosis: can it prevent amputation and arthrodesis in patients with ankle-foot trauma?

Introduction: High-energy lower extremity trauma (HELET) may cause severe damage within the foot-ankle complex. Occasionally, arthrodesis or amputation are the only remaining options to increase activity levels. The modified passive dynamic ankle-foot orthosis (PDAFO) may prove to be a nonsurgical alternative.

Reliability of a novel dynamic test of postural stability in high-level soccer players.

Postural stability of athletes is commonly tested with single-leg stance (SLS) tests. However, for this population, these tests are insufficiently challenging to achieve high sensitivity. Therefore, a new dynamic SLS test based on standardized translational surface perturbations was developed.

Identifying prognostic factors to determine the level of recovery in servicemembers with chronic low back pain: A prospective cohort study.

Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify general and military-related factors that are associated with the level of recovery in Dutch service members with chronic low back pain (CLBP) who followed a rehabilitation program.

Material And Method: One hundred five consecutive service members with CLBP were included in this study. The level of disability, was used to distinguish a recovered and non-recovered group.