NEWSLETTER  7 March 2005

Podiatry Arena:

Recent topics:
More Experienced Physicians May Provide Lower Quality of Care (General Forum)
MBT's (General Forum)
Do foot orthoses weaken "arch" muscles? (Biomechanics Forum)
Sport shops leave buyers wrongfooted (Biomechanics Forum)
Sensory effects of foot orthoses (Biomechanics Forum)
Removeable and irremovable cast walkers (Diabetic Foot Forum)
Foot & Ankle International (Journal Online)
Knee Seminar (USA Forum)
Podiatrist pleads guilty in assaults (USA Forum)
Podiatrists To Pay $574,014 Settlement For Medicare Over Billing (USA Forum)
Bay Area podiatrist accused of fraud  (USA Forum)
Podiatry vs. Chiropody (UK Forum)
Which UK school of podiatry? (UK Forum)
Podiatrist Shortage And Overseas Podiatrists (Australia Forum)
Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camp #3  (Australia Forum)
Docs work on monk who glued eyes shut (Break Room)

Foot Health Forum:

Recent topics:
Heel pain
Top of foot pain
Callus from blocked sweat glands
Second toe is the shortest and turns inward
Pain in arch area
Side foot pain -- small bone felt
Post calcaneal fracture
Pain in right foot across from arch
Ball of Foot & Heel Pain
Foot blisters
HOT Feet

Foot and lower limb disorders:

Measuring standing hindfoot alignment: Reliability of goniometric and visual measurements. Abstract (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Diabetes:

Diabetic lower extremity infection: Influence of physical, psychological, and social factors. Abstract (Jnl of Diabetes and its Complications)

Pulse oximetry as a potential screening tool for lower extremity arterial disease in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus.  Abstract (Arch Intern Med)

Reduction of amputation rates among Alaska Natives with diabetes following the development of a high-risk foot program.  Abstract (Int J Circumpolar Health)

Bone mineral density during total contact cast immobilization for a patient with neuropathic (charcot) arthropathy.  Abstract (Phys Ther)

Current And Emerging Options For Treating Diabetic Neuropathy. Full text (Podiatry Today)

How To Manage Heel Ulcers In Patients With Diabetes. Full text (Podiatry Today)

Foot Orthotics:

Should You Throw Away Your Plaster? How Technology is Changing Custom Orthotics. More (Podiatry Online)

Practice Management:

Do Your Patients Behave? Strategies to Improve Patient Compliance. More (Podiatry Online)

Pharmacology:

Oral Analgesics for Acute Nonspecific Pain. Full text (American Family Physician)

New drugs. More (eDrugInfo)

What You Should Know About NSAIDs. Full text (Podiatry Today)

MRSA: Where Do We Go From Here?. Full text (Podiatry Today)

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