Cover Story
Creating a consistent, comprehensive and systematic process for treating lower extremity ailments improves patient outcomes and can also improve the financial performance of your practice, often by a considerable degree. Depending on patient volume and current practice behaviors, adopting comprehensive treatment guidelines can generate between…
By Jason Kraus
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Feature Articles
Welcome to the decade of patellofemoral pain: Exclusive coverage from the first-ever PFPS research retreat.
by Jordana Bieze Foster
Removable cast walkers offer alternatives to the total contact cast.
by James McGuire, DPM, PT, CPed
Gait analysis affects treatment decision-making, patient management and outcomes
by Tishya A.L. Wren, PhD, Carole A. Tucker, PT, PhD, PCS, and Robert M. Kay, MD
Functional foot orthoses can help relieve symptoms
by Paul R. Scherer, DPM
Western-style sports medicine is alive and well in the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar
by Craig R. Bottoni, MD
News
Ankle braces are popular with volleyball players seeking a safeguard against both contact and non-contact sprains. Research from the University of Findlay (OH) suggests that ankle brace wear significantly alters lower extremity muscle activation patterns in volleyball players but, athletes will be happy to know, does not significantly affect vertical jump height.
by Jordana Bieze Foster
Laterally wedged orthoses are effective to a point, but the next big thing in knee osteoarthritis treatment just might be a prototype shoe with a sole that notable for its variable stiffness rather than its slope.
by Jennifer C. Erhart, PhD, Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD, and Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD
Kids may think they have time on their side, but that’s not the case when it comes to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, according to research presented in July at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
by Jordana Bieze Foster
