Lower Extremity Review
Tibial bone mineral density in stroke survivors who use ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) remains significantly higher in the unaffected limb than the affected limb after more than a decade, according to research from the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
An email-based education and communication service is helping patients understand what to expect as they get ready to undergo or recover from total joint replacement (TJR) surgery.
Vitamin D deficiency may underlie race-specific pain patterns in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), according to researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Two studies e-published in October found medial arch supports and motion control shoes have no significant effect on knee adduction moment (KAM), regarded as a surrogate measure of medial knee compression.
Spurred by conclusions from the Chronic Osteoarthritis Management Initiative (COAMI) Work Group, which met earlier this year to assess current practice in OA management, healthcare providers from more than 20 professional societies are proposing significant changes in...
Commerce City, CO-based Mile High Orthotics Lab and Mequon, WI-based Dr. Comfort joined forces in October to raise money for recovering US service members and veterans. On October 7, a team of Mile High manufacturers and clinicians participated in the Tough Mudder...
On October 24 American Physical Therapy Association president Paul A. Rockar Jr, PT, DPT, MS, issued a statement applauding the proposed legal settlement of Glenda Jimmo, et al vs Kathleen Sebelius, a national class action lawsuit. Plaintiffs alleged that the US...
In late October professional societies penned official responses to a report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found self-referral rates for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) have skyrocketed in recent years, with MRI...
The International Conference on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine and the seventh annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Cerebral Palsy will convene in Lucknow, India, March 6-10, 2013, for a 1500-plus delegate meeting on the state of care for children with...
The American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) seventh annual international survey of fitness trends finds traditional exercises poised for popularity in 2013. Body-weight training, which includes back-to-basics exercises such as push-ups, planks, pull-ups, and...
San Francisco-based Healthline Networks introduced a new online consumer health resource in October, the Surgical Procedure Guide for Total Knee Replacement Surgery. The guide is aimed at individuals who are considering or have undergone total knee replacement surgery...
If you think your patients have compliance issues, be glad you’re not treating clubfoot in a place like India, Egypt, Mexico, or Bangladesh.
By, Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor
Evidence is linking genetic mutations to Achilles tendon and anterior cruciate ligament injuries as researchers try to connect complex motor control processes to small segments of DNA. But genetic testing is still a long way from becoming a clinical tool.
By Larry Hand
Research indicates that in diabetic patients with Charcot neuroarthropathy, peripheral bone mineral density decreases over time, which can contribute to risks of hardware failure, loss of correction, delayed union, and nonunion in patients with advanced disease.
By Rachel H. Jung, DPM, MHA, MPH; Robert M. Greenhagen, DPM; Dane K. Wukich, MD; Vassilios Vardaxis, PhD; and Robert M. Yoho, DPM, MS
Two separate studies directly compared valgus knee bracing and wedged foot orthoses for reducing knee adduction moment in patients with osteoarthritis, but came to opposite conclusions. A third study suggests combining the two interventions may be the best solution.
By Barbara Boughton
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