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ACFAOM
It’s finally here! Three years in the making, the third edition of the very popular Review Text is now available – and it comes in two versions for one very fair price. In addition to the 500-page hard copy that will be sent by UPS, you will also have online access once your order has been fully processed. It is ideal for your office as a quick guide for diagnosis and treatment. In this way, you can use the information and format when and where needed – at your desk or in the clinic with patients.
For additional information and to order, go to www.acfaom.org/review-text.
Podiatry Management
There are many changes
coming down the pike in
terms of how our EHR
systems can be utilized to
communicate with insurance carriers. These changes are intended to streamline the process of
prior authorization for treatments we
provide. The current work is focused
on the exchange of information to
support DME, including home oxygen therapy, power mobility devices,
and other aspects of care that have
been subject to fraud, waste and
abuse of the healthcare payment systems.
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Podiatry Today
Not all thick toenails are fungal. There is a misperception that thick toenails are always onychomycosis. Onychomycosis is a common toenail infection caused by dermatophytes, non-dermatophytes and mold that can worsen and become painful if left untreated. Onychomycosis reportedly occurs in 10% of the general population, 20% of people older than 60 years of age and 50% of those older than 70 years of age.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
To reduce gait problems in individuals with non-spastic calf muscle weakness, spring-like ankle-foot orthoses are often applied, but they are not individually optimized to treatment outcome. The aim of this proof-of-concept study was to evaluate the effects of modifying the stiffness for two spring-like AFO types with shoes-only as reference on gait outcomes in three individuals with calf muscle weakness due to polio.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Translation
Taping is commonly prescribed to treat plantar fasciitis for runners by virtue of its alleged ability to offload the plantar fascia and facilitate positive injury prognosis. This study aimed to investigate how different taping methods could change the loading on the plantar fascia during running using computational simulations. A finite element foot model was modified from a previous version to fit the study's purpose.
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BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
Daily remote foot temperature monitoring is an evidence-based preventive practice for patients at risk for diabetic foot complications. Unfortunately, the conventional approach requires comparison of temperatures between contralaterally matched anatomy, limiting practice in high-risk cohorts such as patients with a wound to one foot and those with proximal lower extremity amputation.
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By Lisa Mulcahy
 As a healthcare professional, you understand that millennials are seeking traditional healthcare less frequently than previous generations — but do you really understand why? Researchers have been making fascinating inroads when it comes to determining how millennials really approach their healthcare. Understand the way they think and how they want to be served and you'll be able to attract them to your practice and/or hospital. Use these science-based strategies to make it happen.
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Podiatry Today
In a recent study, researchers found that microvascular disease alone, defined in this study as retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy, is associated with a 3.7 times greater risk of amputation. Combine this with PAD, and the risk rises to over 22 times increase from baseline. This is taken from data recently published in Circulation by Beckman and colleagues.
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Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
Congenital vertical talus is a rare and complex foot anomaly. Serial casting with or without minimally invasive surgery is a universal management strategy especially for children in the first year of life. Nevertheless, extensive surgical treatment of late-presenting, neglected and multiple operated children with congenital vertical talus may be required with guarded results. The results of naviculectomy as a more conservative intervention and directed exclusively at ambulatory children with intractable congenital vertical talus have not been reported.
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