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Factors associated with patient satisfaction with foot and ankle surgery

Factors associated with patient satisfaction with foot and ankle surgery in a large prospective study. Dawson J, Boller I, Doll H, Lavis G, Sharp RJ, Cooke P, Jenkinson C. Foot (Edinb). Continue reading →

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Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Foot Surgery

Incidence and Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Podiatric Surgery Andrew H. Felcher; Richard A. Continue reading →

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Gait in Friedreich Ataxia

Characterizing gait, locomotor status, and disease severity in children and adolescents with friedreich ataxia. Croarkin E, Maring J, Pfalzer L, Harris-Love M, Siegel K, Diprospero N. J Neurol Phys Ther. Continue reading →

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Topical nail antifungal and risk for diabetic foot ulceration

Can the use of a topical antifungal nail lacquer reduce risk for diabetic foot ulceration? Results from a randomised controlled pilot study. Int Wound J Continue reading →

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Relationship between Running Speed and Initial Foot Contact Patterns

Relationship between Running Speed and Initial Foot Contact Patterns. Breine B, Malcolm P, Frederick EC, De Clercq D Continue reading →

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Futurecraft 3d printed running shoes from adidas

Press Release: ADIDAS BREAKS THE MOULD WITH 3D-PRINTED PERFORMANCE FOOTWEAR Futurecraft creates the ultimate personalised shoe adidas today unveiled the future of performance footwear with Futurecraft 3D, a unique 3D-printed running shoe midsole which can be tailored to the cushioning needs of an individual?s foot. The 3D concept is part of the ?Futurecraft series?, a forward-looking initiative that places open source collaboration and craftsmanship at the heart of design…​ Futurecraft 3d printed running shoes from adidas Continue reading →

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Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Foot and Ankle Injuries

Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Foot and Ankle Injuries Jeremy T. Smith et al Foot & Ankle International October 14, 2013 Background: Vitamin D deficiency has been identified as one of the most common causes of fragility fractures and poor fracture healing. Although rates of vitamin D deficiency have been delineated in various orthopaedic populations, little is known……​ Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Foot and Ankle Injuries Continue reading →

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Textured insoles

Hello All, I have a patient who has Multiple sclerosis who is beginning to lose a bit of the feeling in her feet and is as a consequence becoming more unstable in her gait. Does anyone have any exprience of using textured/proprioceptive insoles in such cases and did you feel that they were of benefit?If so what insole did you use?The only one I can come up with is the croc insole which has dimples on it.I have toyed with the idea of putting cous-cous on a bit of leatherboard and using a….. Continue reading →

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Journal of Foot and Ankle

I picked up this from a tweet from HM . Another new predatory open source foot journal is available: Journal of Foot and Ankle (obviously not the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research ) Continue reading →

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Melanoma of the foot

Management of primary cutaneous melanoma of the hands and feet: a clinicoprognostic study. Rex J, Paradelo C, Mangas C, Hilari JM, Fernández-Figueras MT, Ferrándiz C. Continue reading →

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