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Snake Bites to the Lower Extremity Reported to U.S. Emergency Departments
Background: Thousands of snake bites occur in the U.S. each year. Venomous snake bites can produce serious adverse effects, and even bites from nonvenomous snakes may cause adverse effects. Snake bites are often treated at hospital emergency departments (EDs). The objective of this study was to describe snake bites to the lower extremity treated at US hospital EDs.
By Mathias B. Forrester, BS
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Embrace Mobile Technology to Meet Challenges of a Growing Older Population
Modern day times not only see us living longer, but enjoying a wide array of advances in lifestyle, medicine, health, and social care, as well as the fast-paced changes in technology. Currently, 13% of the global population is over age 60, a figure which is increasing by 3% each year.1
By Sarah A. Curran, PhD
Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Standardize Prosthetic and Orthotic Clinical Care Into the Future
Prosthetic and orthotic clinical care involves using custom-made devices to assist in the rehabilitation of people with physical impairments and disabilities. As such, it has long relied on the craftsmanship of prosthetists and orthotists. Although the results of such craftsmanship can be of tremendous benefit to the patient…
By Stefania Fatone, PhD, Ryan Caldwell, CP, FAAOP, and Julia Quinlan, PhD
BRIEF NATURAL HISTORY: The Essential Human Pedal Arch
The foot ranks high among the most ill-constructed elements of the modern human musculoskeletal system—an observation that necessarily begs the question: Why is this so? Upright, bipedal gait is the defining characteristic of our lineage; humans and our immediate ancestors have been practicing it for at least 5 million years. Why hasn’t evolution perfected this hallmark adaptation?
By Bruce Latimer, PhD
Is Medical Cannabis an Appropriate Treatment for Joint Pain?
While many states have rushed to legalize cannabis, evidence for its medicinal use remains ‘paltry.’ However, physicians must be willing to talk with patients who want to use it. With medical and recreational cannabis legal across most of the United States and Canada, patients are turning to the drug as an alternative treatment for a wide range of ailments, including arthritis and other types of joint pain.
By Nicole Wetsman
EXCERPT: Do alterations in muscle strength, flexibility, range of motion, and alignment predict lower extremity injury in runners: a systematic review
Strategies for preventing running-related injury are lacking. These authors examine the evidence supporting use of musculoskeletal clinical assessments to predict runners at risk. Injury in runners is common, affecting 19.4 to 94.4% of runners annually.
By Shefali M. Christopher, Jeremy McCullough, Suzanne J. Snodgrass, and Chad Cook
Therapeutic Shoes Work for People with Diabetes. Why Doesn’t Every Patient Use Them?
Patients are unaware or reluctant, and some providers hesitate to engage in what can be a burdensome prescribing and procuring process—helping explain why uptake of this valuable preventative is disappointing. As allied healthcare professionals, we are, of course, acutely aware of the ever-growing diabetes epidemic in the United States.
By Erick Janisse, CO, CPED
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Using Fungus to Measure Gait
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Illinois Tech Professor Funded to Develop Treatment for DFUs
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Researcher Awarded $1.2M for Studies on DFUs and Fall Prevention
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