Newsletter 12 April 2010

Latest Research Latest Discussions Latest Reviews

Diabetes outpatient care before and after admission for diabetic foot complications (J Wound Care.)

Characteristics of diabetic patients visiting a podiatry practice in Germany (J Wound Care.)

Enhancing Foot Velocity in Football Kicking: The Role of Strength Training (J Strength Cond Res.)

Osteochondral lesions of the talus treated with fresh talar allografts (Foot Ankle Int.)

External validation and optimisation of a model for predicting foot ulcers in patients with diabetes (Diabetologia.)

Soft tissue and bone penetration abilities of daptomycin in diabetic patients with bacterial foot infections (J Antimicrob Chemother.)

Deep Posterior Compartment Strength and Foot Kinematics in Subjects With Stage II Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction (Foot Ankle Int.)

A Post-hoc Analysis of Reduction in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Size at 4 Weeks as a Predictor of Healing by 12 Weeks (Ostomy Wound Manage.)

How Traditional Running Shoes Shut Down Your Hamstring

Do people actually fall for this sort of nonsense: Sadly, yes

Pod Arena Graphjam

Graphjam carries a really easy to use design tool to make your own graph. Its free too. I Wonder if there is room on PA for a thread of graphs, in the same style as the legendary how did the chicken cross the road thread.

Another bl....y outcome measure for the foot

Does anyone share my frustraton at the plethora of outcome tools that have been developed for the foot?

The best way to deal with inappropriate patient behavior

Tell them that you have syphilis. Sigh, again...

Barefoot Running Debate

I share your frustration with the whole barefoot running issue, especially the medical professionals who are promoting "barefoot running shoes" and "minimalist shoes".

Hand-Foot Syndrome (Palmar-Plantar Erythrodysesthesia)

I have a cancer patient receiving chemo who has developed debilitatingly painful frictional lesions over several weight bearing areas of both feet


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Useful Links Help Wanted Website of the Week

Podiatry Associations

Podiatry Canada

Podiatry New Zealand

The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists

American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)

Australasian Podiatry Council

Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists in Ireland

South African Podiatry Association (SAPA)

Federation of Spanish Associations

First Metatarsal Pain

Sudden pain and swelling by my big toe

Have you had a kellers bunion operation?

Nerve Damage after 5th Metatarsal Fracture

Pain in foot for 8 months - Pictures

Re: Topaz surgery

Dislocated ankle with ligament/tendon damage

Big toe froze

Ingrown toenail concerns

Instep sensitivity

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