Lower Extremity Review
Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a progressive disease caused by a breakdown of joint cartilage and ultimately, the underlying bone. The cartilage of a joint can become thin, cracked, and frayed, allowing the bones of the knee to rub together, which can lead to pain, inflammation, and stiffness.
By Keith Loria and Janice T. Radak
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has updated its guideline on oral and topical treatments for painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN). The revised guideline, which was published in the journal Neurology and updates the 2011 AAN guideline, has been endorsed by the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is revolutionizing every field it has touched, and orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) is no different. From a business perspective, adjusting a long-standing workflow to incorporate new technology is always daunting.
By Rich Dubin, Publisher and CEO
As I write this Publisher’s Memo, yet another in-person conference has been canceled due to Covid-19. While I thought we were making progress with more events going back to live, Covid-19 has once again reared its ugly head, dampening the demand for in-person…
By Rich Dubin
Uninsured patients with diabetes are at high risk for amputations. This case series illustrates that the medical and specialty services provided by a free interprofessional student clinic were of a vital necessity in healing diabetic foot ulcers and preventing amputations in…
The American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) serves as an interdisciplinary bridge between varied groups and organizations with respective roles to play in lower limb preservation. As part of its collective goal to eliminate…
Few studies suggested that frailty may increase inflammation, which in turn may negatively impact tissue repair in people with significant tissue loss. This study aims to shed light on potential impact of frailty on outcomes of skin-substitute placement in patients with…
A descriptive questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of all diabetic patients who attend the specialist diabetes and endocrine center in Prince Mansour Military Hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia. A monofilament test was used to…
Guidelines recommend adjunctive therapies for diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) without >50% wound area reduction after 4 weeks of standard care. This delays advanced care in nearly 50% of DFUs. We sought to evaluate the ability of a multispectral imaging to predict DFU…
Prolonged immobilization may inevitably lead to complications such as muscle dysfunction and consequently, intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) among critically ill COVID-19 patients. This pilot-study examined the effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of…
Exercise is recognized as the most efficient, cost-effective, and accessible “polypill” to prevent and treat more than 35 chronic diseases and health conditions that include cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its major risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, obesity, and physical inactivity).
According to Alan Davis, MD, orthopedic surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, when patients present with end-stage bone-on-bone arthritis, surgeons have 2 choices. Ankle fusion (arthrodesis) is recommended for patients who are younger or have large deformities, poor bone…
Bipedal trackways discovered in 1978 at Laetoli site G, Tanzania and dated to 3.66 million years ago are widely accepted as the oldest unequivocal evidence of obligate bipedalism in the human lineage. Another trackway discovered two years earlier at nearby site A was…
With the increased use of technology, relaxation interventions are finding their way into technology devices like virtual reality head-mounted displays (VR HMDs). However, there is a lack of evidence on the efficacy of VR relaxation interventions to reduce anxiety in athletes and how that is portrayed in their movement patterns.
Carrying a backpack can increase reactive forces on the soil and plantar pressure, and this increase can be conditioned by the child’s educational level. The increase in ground reaction force (GRF) was noted while children carried a backpack weighing only 7.5%…
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