Newsletter 24 January 2011
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Compliance in gout patients.  (Acta Reumatol Port.)

Soft-tissue movement at the foot during the stance phase of walking.  (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.)

Reduction of Bacterial Burden and Pain in Chronic Wounds Using a New Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Antimicrobial Foam Dressing-Clinical Trial Results.  (Adv Skin Wound Care.)

Motivational Interviewing by Podiatric Physicians (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.)

Plantar Pressures in Children With and Without Sever's Disease.  (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.)

Effect of foot orthoses contour on pain perception in individuals with patellofemoral pain.  (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.)

Manual and manipulative therapy compared to night splint for symptomatic hallux abducto valgus.  (Foot (Edinb).)

Manual and manipulative therapy compared to night splint for symptomatic hallux abducto valgus  (Foot (Edinb).)

Footwear in the United States Army Band: Injury incidence and risk factors associated with foot pain.  (Foot (Edinb).)

Walking speed and peak plantar pressure distribution during barefoot walking in persons with diabetes.  (Physiother Res Int.)

Neuromuscular Activity of the Peroneal Muscle after Foot Orthoses Therapy in Runners.

(Med Sci Sports Exerc.)

Influence of Contouring and Hardness of Foot Orthoses on Ratings of Perceived Comfort.

(Med Sci Sports Exerc.)

Child calcaneonavicular coalitions: MRI diagnostic value in a 19-case series.  (Orthop Traumatol Surg Res.)

Wet or dry nail drill?

Does anybody know of anywhere I can purchase a 2nd hand nail drill, ideally for doms?
My Hadawe wet drill which i purchased in 2006 and only used a couple of time will no longer spray!!

Orthopedist attacks Podiatry
This video smacks of insecurity --some one of us must be cutting into this guy's bottom line. It seems to me that people only lash out like this when they are feeling threatened --otherwise why else go to all of the trouble to make the video??

Manipulation for hallux valgus

According to the paper, the inclusion criteria was, among others, "pain around the first MPJ" ... so I assume that this did also include those with pain from shoe pressure and pain in the joint. Its shocking paper to read, with way too many secondary analyses.

Self-esteem in patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers

Foot ulcers appear to have a negative impact on the self-esteem of patients with DM.

Do foot orthoses replicate the static longitudinal arch angle during midstance in walking?

LAA is been shown to be a good static measure for dynamic foot function and can reliably be implemented in a normal clinical environment to evaluate and assess the efficacy of the prescribed foot orthoses.

Uses of friars balsam

The trend has been to replace these with synthetic materia medica. Variety of reasons most of which relate to supply, cost and audit. Still used by many independent practitioners however and I am sure they would argue very effectively too.

Eccentric training for the achilles tendon post surgery

The few tendons that I have seen many years following the original surgery appear fibrosed, white and relatively 'shiny' with loss of the usual apparent continuity of bundles of tendon fibres. When debriding achilles tendons that have failed conservative care, I see areas of focal tendinosis deep within the centre of the tendon that sometimes contain calcification and usually a yellowish hue to areas of degeneration.

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