TAA in Patients Age

TAA in Patients Age <50: Midterm Outcomes

In a chart review that spanned 2000-2017, researchers from Duke University looked at 58 patients who underwent primary total ankle arthroplasty (TAA) (average age at surgery 43.3 years) and had minimum clinical follow-up of 5 years. They found that 11 required additional surgery related to the TAA; 6 patients (10.3%) required bone grafting of peri-implant…

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Sandal Stack Height, Gait, and Stability

Sandal Stack Height, Gait, and Stability

Stack height is the amount of material between one’s foot and the ground. As stack height, by definition, speaks to the amount of organized material between a 3-dimensional foot of limited mass and the relatively unlimited mass of any 2-dimensional support surface on which it functions, it will have…

By Jay Segel, DPM, & Sally Crawford, MS

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Severe Work-Related Lower Extremity Injuries Reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Severe Work-Related Lower Extremity Injuries Reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Background: Between two and three million work-related injuries occur in the United States (US) each year. A portion of these injuries involve the lower extremity. The US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) collects information on work-related injuries and provides the information in several data sources.

By Mathias B. Forrester, BS

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lerEXPO Conversation: Use Material Science to Optimize Clinical Device Performance and Reimbursement

lerEXPO Conversation: Use Material Science to Optimize Clinical Device Performance and Reimbursement

Falls and falls-related injuries are a problem in individuals with chronic ankle symptoms. At last year’s Academy meeting, there was a great paper that talked about how they’re now developing outcome measures for lower limb orthotics, something we’ve had for a while in prosthetics. The author looked at his data and also data from the…

By Gary Bedard, CO, FAAOP(D)

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Falls Prevention Interventions for People with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and Stroke

Falls Prevention Interventions for People with Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, and Stroke

Research has shown that more than half of people with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease will fall within a 3- or 6-month period, respectively, while nearly 75% of stroke survivors fall within a year of the stroke occurring. Clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of falls prevention interventions for…

By Nicola O’Malley, Susan Coote, Fiona McCullough Staunton, Eileen O’Connor, and Amanda M. Clifford

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