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ACFAOM
If you have been following recent articles in Podiatry Today and PM News about the different approaches to prescribing custom foot orthoses, you may be confused and troubled. Was what you learned in your training still the best approach, or are there new theories that you are not completely familiar with? And how can you tell whether you can improve your success rate by changing approaches? ACFAOM 2016 will include a 3-hour interactive debate with nationally-known proponents of the Root, Tissue Stress, and MASS approaches. Each presenter will have time to make his case, and then panel and audience members will be able to challenge each presenter with actual cases. So if you are scratching your head about Root vs Tissue Stress vs MASS approaches you will leave this debate with a clear understanding of each and be able to compare them and apply what you have learned in practice immediately.
The 2016 Annual Meeting will take place at the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa in historic Savannah, GA, June 24-26, 2016. Thinking about bringing your family? Golfing? Shopping? Take a look at the Top 50 things you must do in Savannah! Also visit the hotel site here, so you can imagine yourself enjoying a few days in luxury. More information about ACFAOM 2016 will be distributed as it becomes available over the next few weeks. For now, save these dates! More details will be posted at ACFAOM.org in the coming weeks.
ACFAOM
Richard Durner, DPM, will be the guest on today's Meet the Masters audio-conference (at 9 p.m. ET) with host, and former ACFAOM president, Dr. Bret Ribotsky. Dr. Derner is board-certified in both foot surgery and reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery. Dr. Derner's research has been published in several podiatric medical and surgical journals, and he frequently lectures at foot and ankle surgery conferences nationwide. A Fellow of ACFAS, Dr. Derner is also a section editor for ACFAS' Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery and an adjunct professor at Temple University College of Podiatric Medicine. To register for this FREE weekly, and unique, learning experience that will give you additional insights into the profession's past and future click here.
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Foot & Ankle International
It is unclear whether glucocorticoid therapy is directly related to Achilles tendon rupture, because many of the reported patients were receiving long-term GC therapy for underlying diseases. This study aimed to elucidate the mechanism by which systemic GC administration causes weakening of the Achilles tendon by biochemically, mechanically, and morphologically evaluating quantitative and qualitative changes in collagen.
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Medical News Today
A major new study has found a significant reduction in diabetes-related amputations since the mid-1990s, credited to improvements in diabetes care over this period. The research is published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) and is by Dr Benjamin Rasmussen and Professor Henning Beck-Nielsen, Odense University Hospital Denmark, and colleagues.
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Podiatry Management
Diabetes mellitus is a serious,
lifelong condition associated with
multifaceted complications. In the
United States alone, over 29 million
people, about 9.3 percent of the population, have diabetes.
Persons with diabetes may have up to a 25 percent lifetime risk of developing diabetic foot ulcerations.
Diabetic foot ulceration or DFU can be characterized as neuropathic, ischemic, or neuroischemic.
Approximately 56 percent of DFUs become infected and foot complications are associated with approximately one quarter of all hospital days for persons with diabetes.
Twenty percent of patients with infected foot wounds end up with some form of lower extremity amputation. Diabetes-related amputations cost approximately $3 billion per year.
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Podiatry Today
The treatment of chronic diabetic foot ulcers is a challenging endeavor. Fortunately, medical advances continue to provide promising new technologies to aid physicians in healing difficult wounds. The properties and composition of placental membranes make them a very powerful tool in wound care as placental membranes address the unique myriad needs of chronic diabetic foot ulcers.
According to the American Diabetes Association, over 29 million Americans have type 2 diabetes, a number that represents over 9 percent of the population.1 Diabetic foot ulcers are the most common complication of diabetes with an annual incidence of 1 to 4 percent and a lifetime risk of 15 to 25 percent. The annual cost for treating DFUs is an estimated $9 to $13 billion.
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News-Medical.net
As your cold-weather footwear makes the seasonal migration from the back of your closet to replace summer's flip flops and bare feet, don't underestimate the benefits of padding around naked from the ankles down.
Barefoot activities can greatly improve balance and posture and prevent common injuries like shin splints, plantar fasciitis, stress fractures, bursitis and tendonitis in the Achilles tendon, according to Patrick McKeon, a professor in Ithaca College's School of Health Sciences and Human Performance.
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Vogue
There's an epidemic sweeping the Vogue offices this fall — and we're not talking about the common cold. More and more editors have been spotted wearing a covetable fur-lined loafer or patent slide on one foot ... and a thick black aircast on the other. The cause of their sartorially compromising condition? An unsupportive pair of flats. "I always assumed [the casts] were prescribed due to stiletto injuries," says Vogue Bookings Director Helena Suric, who recently sustained a strained Achilles after logging regular laps around One World Trade Center in a deficiently supportive pair of ballet slippers — and it turns out she's not an exceptional case study.
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Lower Extremity Review
A number of amputees, many inspired by the expert care they received after losing a limb, have been motivated to pursue careers in prosthetics, where they can provide patients with a unique and personal perspective. Four of these practitioners shared their stories.
Losing a limb – be it to cancer, traumatic injury, diabetes or something else — is a life-altering experience. But having a proper-fitting prosthesis can help make the transition smoother. And an experienced prosthetist, who through fittings, adjustments and fixes, forms a long-term relationship with the patient, is an integral part of the process. Who better to understand the process, and the challenges, than a fellow amputee?
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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Foot posture is characterized by the external shape of the foot and is determined by both the alignment of the bones of the foot and the location, size and mechanical properties of the soft tissues covering them. In standing, foot posture is a measure of the response of the foot to relatively static internal and external forces (the latter applied to the sole of the foot). During dynamic tasks, such as walking, different internal and external forces are applied and these will be task specific. These forces are typically greater than during standing and vary over time.
Measurement of static foot posture and dynamic foot function is considered important as certain structural and functional variations may predispose individuals to injury.
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FiercePracticeManagement
Patients may be hungry for easy electronic communications with their doctors, such as text messages and email, but practices are wise to consider the risks before they proceed.
In fact, taking inventory of patient information passed through all devices and channels must be part of every practice's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act risk assessment, as required by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Civil Rights, noted a recent article from Medical Economics.
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