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ACFAOM
At this year’s APMA National meeting at the Gaylord in National Harbor, MD, Fellows from The American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopedics & Medicine (ACFAOM) presented an imaging track featuring the following topics in "Ultrasound: Why You Should be Performing This in Your Office More Often", "Radiographic Evaluation of Infection: When 'Less Advanced' is Better", "MRI: Tough Cases where MRI Assists in Diagnosis and Treatment", and "Bone Tumors: When to Say Gulp".
ACFAOM presenters for this session were Drs. Jarrod Shapiro, Robert Baron, Daniel P. Evans, and John Tassone Jr.
Lower Extremity Review
Assessing how foot problems — namely, pain, neuropathy and deformity — contribute to frailty syndrome has been a challenge for researchers, as transporting frail elders to lab facilities creates its own set of issues. But a recent study from the University of Arizona used wearable sensors to assess the seniors in their “natural” environment and found significant relationships between the number of foot problems and degree of frailty.
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EurekAlert!
Diabetes assessment currently relies on measurement of blood sugar levels -- but a simple saliva sample could replace this, says new research. The study, published in Frontiers in Physiology and the most comprehensive of its kind to date, finds that proteins in saliva reflect high blood sugar and associated disease processes in young patients with type 1 diabetes, long before the appearance of clinical symptoms. This could lead to better prediction and prevention of long-term complications of the disease.
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Orthopedics Today
Results published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery showed patients with either varus or valgus malalignment of the coronal plane tibiotalar angle who underwent mobile-bearing total ankle arthroplasty had similar outcomes compared to patients with neutral alignment.
Researchers categorized 140 patients who underwent primary total ankle arthroplasty with a mobile-bearing Hintegra prosthesis (Newdeal) into varus, valgus or neutral groups according to the preoperative coronal plane tibiotalar angle.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
The effects of footwear on the development of children’s feet has been debated for many years and recent work from the developmental and biomechanical literature has challenged long-held views about footwear and the impact on foot development. This narrative review draws upon existing studies from developmental, biomechanical and clinical literature to explore the effects of footwear on the development of the foot.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
In the Ponseti treatment of idiopathic clubfoot, children are generally provided with a standard foot abduction orthosis. A significant proportion of these patients experience irresolvable problems with the FAO leading to therapeutic non-compliance and eventual relapse. Accordingly, these patients were equipped with a unilateral lower leg orthosis developed in our institution. The goal of this retrospective study was to determine compliance with and the efficacy of the LLO as an alternative treatment measure. The minimum follow-up was five years.
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Podiatry Today
The health care paradigm is changing before our eyes. Where it ends up is anybody’s guess but one thing is clear: you have to prove your value regarding prevention and cost-effective care with demonstrable outcome measures. If you don’t, you will be left behind. The New York State Podiatric Medical Association, with support from the American Podiatric Medical Association, has undertaken an initiative demonstrating podiatric medicine and surgery’s vital role in the health care system.
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By Kent McAllister
 How you can know. This is not a question; it is a statement. Albeit, it is the appropriate question to ask in most industries where any management discipline is applied. Let’s examine patient experience and how you can know what is actually happening from the patient’s perspective in your health system. There are serious challenges to measuring patient experience, and these challenges have recently taken on increased significance as the industry tide shifts.
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Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
A prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Background Plantar fasciitis is the main cause of pain in the plantar surface of the heel. One of the most common conservative treatment modalities used by physical therapists worldwide is therapeutic ultrasound, despite the scarce evidence of its efficacy in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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