Newsletter 30 December 2008

(Forum Watch:

Pachyonychia congenita (General Issues & Discussions Forum)

Whats your Gold Standard for onychomycosis?

(General Issues & Discussions Forum)

Posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis (General Issues & Discussions Forum)

Post-op orthoses following tib post repair with FDL transfer and calcaneal osteotomy (Biomechanics, Sports & Foot Orthoses Forum)

New Nike patents granted (Biomechanics, Sports & Foot Orthoses Forum)

Mobilisation for cuboid syndrome (Biomechanics, Sports & Foot Orthoses Forum)

Increase in diabetic ulcers, but no increase in amputations (Diabetic Foot & Wound Management Forum)

Peripheral neuropathy and infrared photo energy (Diabetic Foot & Wound Management Forum)

Reconstructive Charcot surgery (Diabetic Foot & Wound Management Forum)

Rotation Scarf & Akin Osteotomy (RSA) : Is It Safe? (Foot Surgery Forum)

Create your own economic UP turn? (Practice Management Forum)

The State of DPMetry in America 2008 (USA Forum)
UK Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camps (UK Forum)

Podiatry team at Islington NHS is 'team of the year' (UK Forum)

Marigold therapy for VP's (Australian Forum)

Epipen adrenaline (New Zealand Forum)
Dominancia planar (Espanol Forum)

Hallux limitus funcional y pie cavo (Espanol Forum)

Looking for somewhere to First Foot this year ? (Break Room)

Podiatry at Sainsbury's (Break Room)

Vancouver - home for displaced feet (Podiatry Trivia Forum)

High heeled workouts (Podiatry Trivia Forum)

 
Latest Research and Articles:

Dynamic foot function and morphology in elite rugby league athletes of different ethnicity. Abstract (Appl Ergon.)

Neuropathy patterns differ in patients with diabetic complications. Abstract (Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol.)

Walking shoes and laterally wedged orthoses in the clinical management of medial tibiofemoral osteoarthritis: A one-year prospective controlled trial. Abstract (Knee.)

Mortality of first-time amputees in diabetics: A 10-year observation. Abstract (Diabetes Res Clin Pract.)

Posttraumatic ankle osteoarthritis after ankle-related fractures. Abstract (J Orthop Trauma.)

A blinded, prospective, randomized controlled trial of topical negative pressure wound closure in India. Abstract (Ostomy Wound Manage.)

Pulsed infrared light therapy does not increase nitric oxide concentration in the blood of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Abstract (Acta Diabetol.)

Four-fold increase in foot ulcers in type 2 diabetic subjects without an increase in major amputations by a multidisciplinary setting. Abstract (Diabetes Res Clin Pract.)

Arthrodesis of the first metatarsocuneiform joint: a comparative cadaveric study of external and internal fixation. Abstract (J Foot Ankle Surg.)

Combined clinical and laboratory testing improves diagnostic accuracy for osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot. Abstract (J Foot Ankle Surg.

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