Smart socks are playing a key role in helping to alleviate back pain. Palarum, the maker of the socks, is partnering with Mayfield Brain & Spine to use key measurements like gait speed and weight ...

Each year in the United States, 700,000 to 1 million patients fall while hospitalized Each year in the United States, 700,000 to 1 million patients fall while hospitalized, according to estimates by ...

A PhD candidate at the Australia-based Melbourne School of Engineering developed a pair of “smart socks” to improve remote physical therapy. Rural patients who live far away from facilities with ...

Smart sock maker Sensoria is teaming up with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and independent research group Neuroscience Research Australia to launch a 100-patient clinical trial looking at what smart ...

Hospital patients experience hundreds of thousands of falls annually, with increased length of stay and care costs, according to The Joint Commission. A smart sock system significantly reduced patient ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to enjoy a soothing foot massaging experience at any time or place," said an inventor, from Miami, Fla., "so I invented the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Up to 1 million Americans across the country suffer falls while in hospitals, risking broken bones and head trauma. In Columbus, a hospital reduced falls to zero in a select group of ...

The Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance, a collaboration between researchers and clinicians, is developing technology to help diabetic patients and their doctors better monitor potentially ...