Wound Care Update: New Uses for Adipose Grafts in Podiatry and Wound Care

Wound Care Update: New Uses for Adipose Grafts in Podiatry and Wound Care

Diabetic foot ulcers and the resultant skin defects caused by delayed wound healing are a common and costly challenge for healthcare providers. Recent advances in tissue engineering have given rise to new promising treatment options to help with wound repair and tissue augmentation. Newly available adipose tissue grafts can help clinicians solve troublesome issues…

By Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP

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Effects of Offloading Devices on Static and Dynamic Balance in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review

Effects of Offloading Devices on Static and Dynamic Balance in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major problem worldwide, especially among elderly. Diabetic patients are prone to develop neuropathy at their feet and ankles. The incidence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) among newly diagnosed diabetic patients is approximately 30%.

By Koen Andre Horstink, Lucas Henricus Vincentius van derWoude, and Juha Markus Hijmans

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The Future of Orthotics Manufacturing

The Future of Orthotics Manufacturing

3D printing has been waiting to disrupt the orthotics market for years. Only time will tell if the pandemic’s pause afforded clinicians the opportunity to understand the benefits this technology can bring to their practice and their patients. Recent decades have seen a proliferation of technological advances that promise to transform traditional methods of fabricating in-shoe foot orthoses.

By Cary Groner

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Embracing the Transformation Brought by a Black Swan

Embracing the Transformation Brought by a Black Swan

We see the signs of COVID-19 loosening all around us. Protocols are relaxing, stores are opening, social events are happening, and people are traveling again. At a personal level, we are experiencing a series of post-COVID firsts. Some are small, such as a first trip to the store without a mask, first in-person meeting, or first sporting event.

By Gerald Stark, PhD, MSEM, CPO/L

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Now We Know: Virtual Is Real

Now We Know: Virtual Is Real

Lower Extremity Review reminds us of Bob Dylan’s famous line, “the times they are a-changin’,” as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. But one has to wonder a bit why it took the pandemic to induce 1 very large change we all experienced: the shift from centralized to decentralized workspaces, at least for those of us in academia.

By Paul DeVita, PhD

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2021 “Normal” Same as 2019, Just Different

2021 “Normal” Same as 2019, Just Different

In 2019, I worked in an office/clinic setting seeing multiple patients per day. On a normal day, I would shake their hand, touch as clinically necessary, fit and adjust prostheses. I would talk with colleagues in the breakroom while reaching for adjoining coffee mugs and exchange pleasantries with the patients of colleagues I passed near shoulder-to-shoulder in the hall.

By Robert Lin, CPO

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Pandemic’s ‘Marathon Journey’ Forces Change

Pandemic’s ‘Marathon Journey’ Forces Change

Forcing Change…The intensity, uncertainty, and rolling grip of the COVID-19 pandemic has, without doubt, challenged many of us, both professionally and personally. The arrival of innovative vaccines at the end of 2020 and early 2021 has enabled many countries to slowly return to some degree of normality.

By Sarah Curran, PhD

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