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Reuters
It could take a little time for orthotic shoe inserts to help relieve plantar heel pain, but the prefabricated versions sold in drugstores may work just as well as more expensive custom alternatives, a recent study suggests.
Plantar heel pain is one of the most common foot ailments, affecting about 4 percent of the population and an even higher proportion of elderly people and athletes, researchers note in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Lower Extremity Review
Surgical correction of midtarsal deformities related to Charcot neuroarthropathy can have a high success rate, but patient comorbidities should be carefully considered, according to research presented in July at the annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society in Seattle.
Researchers analyzed 214 patients over a 12-year period, all of whom were immobilized postoperatively with an external fixator.
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
The timing and strategy of treatment for flatfoot still remain controversial. It is a difficult problem when facing severe adolescent flexible flatfoot because a single procedure cannot realign flatfoot deformity effectively.
Researchers reviewed 13 adolescent flexible flatfoot patients who underwent double calcaneal osteotomy during May 2012 to June 2015.
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Podiatry Today
A 38-year-old African-American male presented to the clinic with a complaint of a painful callus on his left fifth digit. On examination, however, there was a large nevus with irregular borders on the back of his right heel. Upon questioning, the patient stated he thought it had been there for a long time and wasn’t changing, but he wasn’t sure. He had no personal or family history of skin cancer.
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The Washington Post
Once disparaged as borderline quackery, the total ankle replacement is gaining acceptance as a treatment for crippling arthritis and serious injuries.
For years, doctors discouraged patients from getting the procedure — called ankle arthroplasty — because of persistent controversy over the earliest techniques, which involved cementing metal ankle reconstruction devices to bone. Sometimes the parts loosened prematurely or caused infections, leaving patients in worse shape than before.
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Nursing Times
Improving the provision of foot care services available to diabetes patients is "key" to cutting amputations, and potentially ulcers as well, according to U.K. researchers.
They found the gradual introduction of 10 foot care services for diabetes patients was accompanied by a “sustained” regional reduction in major diabetes-related amputation incidence.
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Over the last decade, many studies have indicated a therapeutic potential for treating diabetic lower extremity ulcers with autologous stem cells. The aim of the current study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with autologous stem cells. The search strategy included the Pubmed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane’s Library databases. The endpoint measured was the healing of DFUs.
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Podiatry Management
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and growth of your practice.
Here are some simple strategies you
can use to make sure your reviews
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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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Gait & Posture
Diabetic foot, one of the most common and debilitating manifestations of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), is the leading cause of worldwide non-traumatic lower extremity amputations. Diabetics who are at risk of ulceration are currently mainly identified by a thorough clinical examination of the feet, which typically does not show clear symptoms during the early stages of disease progression.
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