Lower Extremity Review
Like many of us, I have had my share of trying times. I remember a quote I read while battling an illness that said, “Sometimes painful things can teach us lessons that we didn’t think we needed to know.” This couldn’t be more meaningful than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Rob Conenello, DPM
COVID-19 has changed the world in ways that we can’t even imagine as of yet. One thing that this pandemic has done is it caused us to distance ourselves from other people and realize the paradox of modern technology.
By Mark Mendeszoon
Salerno, Italy: The COVID-19 pandemic has opened a Pandora’s box in the world of professional sport: But that’s not all bad. It has prompted a further and definitive qualitative leap in the application of sports science and medicine principles to a more inclusive vision of the human machine.
By Antonio Robustelli, MSc, CSCS
The field of strength and conditioning encompasses many different career paths and consists of individuals who work with people representing every conceivable part of the human spectrum, from high-performance athletes to the general population to individuals with disabilities or health-related conditions to children and adolescents.
By N. Travis Triplett, PhD, CSCS*D, FNSCA
The past few decades have seen a prioritization of evidence-based practice in athletic training, sports medicine, and all of healthcare. The premise of evidence-based practice is that clinical decisions should be based on a combination of the best available research evidence…
By Jay Hertel, PhD, ATC, and Kathy Dieringer, EdD, LAT, ATC
Yes, the pandemic is winding down and so many thanks to all who have helped! An endless array of champions in all areas of our society. The best of us! This has been a year that none of us will ever forget – so many lost and destroyed lives.
By Robert Weil, DPM
“Adapt! It’s what we do!” became the 2020 motto for Camp No Limits as the world shut down in March for the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say, the pandemic changed things: the way we all had to put our lives on hold, the way we live, and even the way we have hosted camps since our humble beginnings in 2004.
By Mary Leighton, OTR/L
Test your knowledge of information from this issue of Lower Extremity Review and the world in general with our new crossword puzzle feature.
Children using new flexible knee prosthetic, which costs the same as the traditional stiff prosthetic, do not show adaptations in gait kinematics. A new study shows that young children with limb loss will use and benefit from prosthetic knee flexion and extension, if it is available to them. The study counters the current standard of care that uses a…
By Dave Shelles
Implementation of these new, highly sophisticated devices can help prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor wound progress. As a medical director in a wound care clinic and the director of wound research for a podiatric medical school, I’ve seen a lot wound imaging in my time. Recently, I have seen some new and exciting imaging innovations enter the wound care space that…
By Windy Cole, DPM
Reported incidence rates for ankle sprains range from 15% to 45%. This study looked at self-reported ankle instability in regional European football players and found that age and injury repetition as well as exposure time and position on the field were associated with instability rates, suggesting the need for specific prevention strategies.
By A. Cruz, R. Oliveira, A.G. Silva
Managing patients with hypertrophic scars can be challenging, with a variety of conservative treatment options suggested in the medical literature. This review summarizes conservative treatment options for hypertrophic scars, focusing on the mechanisms of action, risks, complications, and efficacy of various options.
By Laura-Ashley O’Connell, DPM; Adrienne Estes, DPM, MS, AACFAS, FAPWHc; and David Shofler, DPM, MSHS
Jim Cooper, a world-class runner during the 1980s and early 1990s, developed bilateral plantar fasciitis late in his running career. He sought help from a physical therapist, he says, and was given stretching exercises to do—wall leans, heel drops, and pulling on his toes with a towel—none of which seemed to help.
How Right Now is an initiative to address people’s feelings of grief, loss, and worry during the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, it aims to increase people’s ability to adapt and be resilient during this time. The How Right Now initiative is funded by the CDC Foundation. How Right Now has four primary audiences, which include: adults over 65 and their caregivers; people with pre-existing physical and…
While our understanding of why COVID-19 affects different individuals so dramatically remains vexing, clinicians at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York, put together an observational study to determine whether early treatment with glucocorticoids is associated with reduced mortality or the need for…
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