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Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
This paper presents a finite element model of the ankle, taking into account the effects of muscle forces, determined by a musculoskeletal analysis, to investigate the contact stress distribution in the tibio-talar joint in patients with triple arthrodesis and in normal subjects. Forces of major ankle muscles were simulated and corresponded well with the trend of their EMG signals. These forces were applied to the finite element model to obtain stress distributions for patients with triple arthrodesis and normal subjects in three stages of the gait cycle, i.e. heel strike, midstance, and heel rise.
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Podiatry Today
Given the potential risk of diabetic foot ulcers becoming infected, it is imperative to have a strong understanding of the current antibiotic options. These authors review 10 common antibiotics, discussing their efficacy, range of coverage and dosing.
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
All typically developing children are born with flexible flat feet, progressively developing a medial longitudinal arch during the first decade of their lives. Whilst the child’s foot is expected to be flat, there is currently no consensus as to how flat this foot should be. Furthermore, whilst feet are observed to decrease in flatness with increasing age, it is not known how flat they should be at each age increment. The objective of this systematic review is to define the postural characteristics of the "typically" developing pediatric foot.
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Lower Extremity Review
Research presented in late June at the National Athletic Trainers Association annual meeting in Houston, TX, adds to the evidence suggesting alterations in central nervous system function play a role in chronic ankle instability.
NATA presentations also suggest, however, that the CAI patient population may be as heterogeneous with regard to CNS involvement as it is with regard to other functional characteristics.
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Podiatry Today
Given the challenges of treating wounds in obese patients, these authors discuss key factors ranging from excess adipose tissue and venous insufficiency to oxidative stress and lymphedema, and offer insights from the literature on treatment options including compression wraps and complete decongestive therapy.
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Plantar heel pain can be managed with dry needling of myofascial trigger points; however, whether MTrP needling is effective remains controversial. Thus, we conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of MTrP needling in patients with plantar heel pain.
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Diabetic Foot & Ankle
Thermoregulation is a complex autonomic process to keep or to dissipate heat in the human body. In this work, by means of the thermogram of the plantar skin, the thermoregulation of healthy individuals, overweight–obese, and diabetic is discussed. The thermograms of the plantar skin, for the healthy individuals, are: (1) symmetrical, the temperature distribution of the right foot being a mirror image of that of the left foot ; (2) the thermograms of women, on average, are 3 degrees Celsius colder than those of the men; and (3) the temperature distributions decrease distally from the medial longitudinal arch.
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Physicians Practice
While it can be an exciting prospect to welcome a new physician into your practice, enthusiasm about getting an extra pair of well-trained hands and increased productivity can easily blind you to the challenges of getting a new doctor up to speed. New additions to your medical team will face challenges that you may have faced — and forgotten — long ago.
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