NEWSLETTER  28 March 2005

Podiatry Arena:

Recent topics:
Nerve implantation for drop foot (General Forum)
Cancer metastasis in the foot (General Forum)
Medihoney (General Forum)
Weight gain can trigger foot and ankle pain (General Forum)
Pedometers and podiatry (General Forum)
Genetic component to achilles tendon pathology (Sports Medicine Forum)
Help with a case - athlete rehab (Sports Medicine Forum)
Dark Chocolate & Diabetes (Diabetic Foot Forum)
HBA1c and wound healing (Diabetic Foot Forum)
Cooling the Foot to Prevent Diabetic Foot Wound (Diabetic Foot Forum)
Night-splints - profound soft tissue ankle equinus (Pediatrics Forum)
Motion and Balance in the Aged and Diagnosis (Gerontology Foot Forum)
Medicare Shoe Bill 2005 Rate Changes (USA Forum)
Las Vegas podiatrist convicted in Medicare fraud case (USA Forum)
Government deny chiropody crisis (UK Forum)
Public Relations and Podiatry - what is its role? (Australia Forum)
Podiatry crisis point in Australia (Australia Forum)
Rabbit Valley School of Podiatry (Break Room)

Foot Health Forum:

Recent Topics:
Ankle sprain
Pain Below Big Toe
Cold feet and hands
Bunion????
Top of foot pain
Calcaneous fracture
Heel Spurs
High arches
Bursa_cortizone injection_serious complications?
Do Lace Up Boots Help Prevent Ankle Injuries?
Black socks

Foot and lower limb disorders:

Intrinsic risk factors for inversion ankle sprains in females - a prospective study. Abstract (Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports)

The COL5A1 gene and Achilles tendon pathology. Abstract (Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports)

Renal cell carcinoma presenting as solitary foot metastasis. Abstract (Int Urol Nephrol)

Diabetes:

Diabetes foot self-care practices in a rural triethnic population. Abstract (Diabetes Educ)

Family poverty accounts for differences in lower-extremity amputation rates of minorities 50 years old or more with diabetes. Abstract (J Natl Med Assoc)

Revisiting the Total Contact Cast: Maximizing off-loading by wound isolation. More (Diabetes Care)

Ankle fractures in patients with diabetes mellitus. Abstract (J Bone Joint Surg)

Transcutaneous oxygen tension msonitoring after successful revascularization in diabetic patients with ischaemic foot ulcers. Abstract ( Diabet Med)

Rheumatology:

An optimal duration of daily wear for an insole with subtalar strapping in patients with varus deformity osteoarthritis of the knee. Abstract (Osteoarthritis Cartilage)

Sports Medicine:

When and Whom to Stretch?. Full text (Physician & Sports Medicine)

Dermatology:

Onychomycosis: a critical study of techniques and criteria for confirming the etiologic significance of nondermatophytes. Abstract (Med Mycol)

Pediatrics:

Centrally adaptations in unilateral idiopathic clubfoot children following conservative treatment. Abstract (Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology)

Peripheral Vascular Disease:

Bypass to plantar and tarsal arteries: an acceptable approach to limb salvage. Abstract (J Vasc Surg)

Anatomy:

Sexual dimorphism in foot length proportionate to stature. Abstract (Ann Hum Biol)

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