In 2022, a report in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy found that college athletes who suffered a concussion possessed a 58% greater risk of sustaining a lower extremity musculoskeletal injury than those who did not have a history of concussion (RR = 1.58[1.30, 1.93]). Now, a new study by Gardner et al reports that for college male football players the odds of upper extremity injury in the…

An easy-to-use and reliable tool is essential for gait assessment of people with gait pathologies. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the OneStep smartphone application compared to the C-Mill-VR+ treadmill (Motek, Nederlands) among patients undergoing rehabilitation for unilateral lower extremity disability.

Although footwear can improve pain and function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA), perspectives about footwear in this population have not been explored. This qualitative study explored preferences, attitudes and beliefs about footwear in adults with knee OA.

Shoes affect the evolved biomechanics of the foot, potentially affecting running kinematics and kinetics that can in turn influence injury and performance. An important feature of conventional running shoes is heel height, whose effects on foot and ankle biomechanics remain understudied. Here, we investigate the effects of 6–26 mm increases in heel height on ankle dynamics in 8 rearfoot strike runners who ran…

Microvascular permeability in diabetic muscle was investigated using our original 2-photon scanning laser microscopy method. Compared with controls, the leakage volume was increased in diabetic muscle, which was atrophic with smaller capillary diameter, endothelial cell thickening, and the appearance of more endothelial intercellular gaps or clefts, and large vesicles.

As the population of those age 80+ increases, surgeries for femur fractures will rise as well. A new 2-year retrospective cohort study in 479 patients (mean age 86 years) looked at the incidence and risk factors for common postoperative pulmonary complications—pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion, and venous thromboembolism (VTE), as well as respiratory failure and 9-day mortality form a single hospital.

A recent scoping review of the literature sought to understand the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the care of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). While the research team is from Ireland, they review literature from around the globe. Specifically, they analyzed data from 19 published studies, most on single site populations.

In a new study from Brazil, researchers developed an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based gait analysis system employing insole pressure sensors to assess gait kinetics. The system integrates piezoresistive sensors within a left foot insole, with data acquisition managed using an ESP32 board that communicates via Wi-Fi through an MQTT IoT framework (MQTT is messaging protocol for machine-to-machine communication).

Surgical wound dehiscence (SWD) can affect up to one-third of foot-related surgeries, making it a major complication and potential threat to patient outcomes. One key reason: delayed diagnosis, which has been attributed to varying definitions. In 2018, the World Union Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) presented a consensus-based definition and classification for SWD in 2018 to address this issue, see Figure 1.

Prevalence of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is growing, and the use of thermography has sparked interest in this non-invasive diagnostic method for early DFU risk assessment and management. The systematic review, conducted by an international research team, sought to explore the use of thermography to predict DFU risk in patients with DM. The research question was…