Newsletter 18 March 2007

Forum Watch:

Work shoes and plantar fasciitis(From General Issues and Discussins Forum)

Freestanding podiatric surgical units (From General Issues and Discussins Forum)

How do you resolve chronic wounds at plantar/medial hallux? (From Biomechanics, Sports and Foot Orthoses Forum)

Help Needed - Back pain from orthoses use (From Biomechanics, Sports and Foot Orthoses Forum)

Rothbarts Devices-the Snake Oil Stops Here? (From Biomechanics, Sports and Foot Orthoses Forum)

Are there acurate population statistics for foot types? (From Biomechanics, Sports and Foot Orthoses Forum)

Does Arch Flattening Cause Functional Hallux Limitus or Vice Versa?(From Biomechanics, Sports and Foot Orthoses Forum)

Superoxidized solution for infected diabetic foot ulcers (From Diabetes Forum)

Clanging tuning fork test (From Diabetes Forum)

Chronic Wound Care Guidelines Issued (From Diabetes Forum)

HAV sugery and quality of life (From Foot Surgery Forum)

Ankle braces for kids (From Paediatrics Forum)

Foot motion in children shoes (From Paediatrics Forum)

Should i take the plunge? (From Practice Management Forum)

FAS on The New Inventors 21st March (From Australian Forum)

Aus Pod wanting to work in UK (From UK

Forum)

Matt Dilnot going for the bald look. (From Break Room)

Know your enemy (From Break Room)

 
Latest Research and Articles:

A modified Hohmann method for hallux valgus and telescoping osteotomy for lesser toe deformities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Abstract (Clin Rheumatol)

Microbiology of diabetic foot infections in a teaching hospital in Malaysia: a retrospective study of 194 cases. Abstract (J Microbiol Immunol Infect.)

Early clubfoot recurrence after use of the ponseti method in a new zealand population. Abstract (J Bone Joint Surg Am.)

Clinical outcomes of wide postsurgical lesions in the infected diabetic foot managed with 2 different local treatment regimes compared using a quasi-experimental study design: a preliminary communication. Abstract (Int J Low Extrem Wounds.)

Quality-of-life outcome after hallux valgus surgery. Abstract (Qual Life Res.)

Foot motion in children shoes-A comparison of barefoot walking with shod walking in conventional and flexible shoes. Abstract (Gait Posture.)

A qualitative study on the comfort and fit of ladies' dress shoes. Abstact (Appl Ergon.)

Hallux valgus in a historical French population: Paleopathological study of 605 first metatarsal bones. Abstract (Joint Bone Spine.)

Thinner Plantar Fascia Predicts Decreased Pain After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy. Abstract (Clin Orthop Relat Res.)


Foot Health Forum

Intense foot pain.. i have no idea how to diagnose 

Morton's Neuroma

Pain on the sole of the foot 

Hammer Toe Operation 

Lump/Cyst on Sole of Foot 

Burning Feet 

Painful bump on foot