A minimal markerset for three-dimensional foot function assessment: measuring navicular drop and drift under dynamic conditions

The validity of predicting foot pronation occurring mainly at the midfoot by surrogate measures from the rearfoot, like eversion excursion, is limited. The dynamic navicular mobility in terms of vertical navic...

Authors: Patric Eichelberger, Angela Blasimann, Nicole Lutz, Fabian Krause and Heiner Baur

Managing diabetic foot infections: a survey of Australasian infectious diseases clinicians

Diabetic foot infections (DFI) present a major morbidity, mortality and economic challenge for the tertiary health sector. However, lack of high quality evidence for specific treatment regimens for patients wi...

Authors: Robert J. Commons, Edward Raby, Eugene Athan, Hasan Bhally, Sharon Chen, Stephen Guy, Paul R. Ingram, Katy Lai, Chris Lemoh, Lyn-Li Lim, Laurens Manning, Spiros Miyakis, Mary O’Reilly, Adam Roberts, Marjoree Sehu, Adrienne Torda…

Student perceptions of the education environment in a Spanish medical podiatry school

The aim of this study was to explore students’ perceptions of the educational environment (EE) in a Spanish school of podiatry. Various aspects of EE were compared by academic year in the program.

Authors: Patricia Palomo-López, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, César Calvo-Lobo, Natalia Tovaruela-Carrión, David Rodríguez-Sanz, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias and Daniel López-López

People with diabetes foot complications do not recall their foot education: a cohort study

The purpose of this study is to document what and how diabetes specific foot health information was provided during a podiatry consultation, and what information was retained at 1 month post consultation.

Authors: Julia Yuncken, Cylie M. Williams, Rene Stolwyk and Terry P. Haines

What are patients’ knowledge, expectation and experience of radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of their tendinopathies? A qualitative study

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used to manage different tendinopathies and appears to be effective in some tendinopathies but not others. The reasons for this are unclear. There is evidence that pa...

Authors: Raymond Leung, Nikolaos Malliaropoulos, Vasileios Korakakis and Nat Padhiar

National profile of foot orthotic provision in the United Kingdom, part 2: podiatrist, orthotist and physiotherapy practices

A national survey recently provided the first description of foot orthotic provision in the United Kingdom. This article aims to profile and compare the foot orthoses practice of podiatrists, orthotists and ph...

Authors: C. J. Nester, A. Graham, A. Martinez-Santos, A. E. Williams, J. McAdam, V. Newton, D. Sweeney and D. Walker

‘A good fit?’ Bringing the sociology of footwear to the clinical encounter in podiatry services: a narrative review

This narrative review explores the ways in which drawing on theories and methods used in sociological work on footwear and identity can contribute to healthcare research with podiatrists and their patients, hi...

Authors: Emily Nicholls, Victoria Robinson, Lisa Farndon and Wesley Vernon

Three-dimensional quantitative analysis of healthy foot shape: a proof of concept study

Foot morphology has received increasing attention from both biomechanics researches and footwear manufacturers. Usually, the morphology of the foot is quantified by 2D footprints. However, footprint quantifica...

Authors: Kristina Stanković, Brian G. Booth, Femke Danckaers, Fien Burg, Philippe Vermaelen, Saartje Duerinck, Jan Sijbers and Toon Huysmans

Higher frequency of hamstring injuries in elite track and field athletes who had a previous injury to the ankle - a 17 years observational cohort study

Inversion injury to the ankle and hamstring injuries are common problems in most sports. It is not known whether these injuries constitute a predisposing factor or a precursor of injury or re-injury of these a...

Authors: Nikolaos Malliaropoulos, Georgios Bikos, Maria Meke, Korakakis Vasileios, Xavier Valle, Heinz Lohrer, Nicola Maffulli and Nat Padhiar

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Surgical offloading procedures for diabetic foot ulcers compared to best non-surgical treatment: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Diabetic foot ulcers are frequently related to elevated pressure under a bony prominence. Conservative treatment includes offloading with orthopaedic shoes and custom made orthotics or plaster casts. While cas...

Authors: Aharon S. Finestone, Eran Tamir, Guy Ron, Itay Wiser and Gabriel Agar

Age-related differences in foot mobility in individuals with patellofemoral pain

Age-related changes in midfoot mobility have the potential to influence success with foot orthoses intervention in people with patellofemoral pain (PFP). The aim of this study was to determine whether older pe...

Authors: Jade M. Tan, Kay M. Crossley, Bill Vicenzino, Hylton B. Menz, Shannon E. Munteanu and Natalie J. Collins

Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet

The aim of this study was to compare centre of pressure (COP) characteristics between healthy adults with normal, planus or cavus feet who were allocated to groups based on reliable foot posture measurement te...

Authors: Andrew K. Buldt, Saeed Forghany, Karl B. Landorf, George S. Murley, Pazit Levinger and Hylton B. Menz

Diabetic Foot Australia guideline on footwear for people with diabetes

The aim of this paper was to create an updated Australian guideline on footwear for people with diabetes.

Authors: Jaap J. van Netten, Peter A. Lazzarini, David G. Armstrong, Sicco A. Bus, Robert Fitridge, Keith Harding, Ewan Kinnear, Matthew Malone, Hylton B. Menz, Byron M. Perrin, Klaas Postema, Jenny Prentice, Karl-Heinz Schott and Paul R. Wraight

Survival and associated risk factors in patients with diabetes and amputations caused by infectious foot gangrene

Infectious gangrene of the foot is a serious complication of diabetes that usually leads to a certain level of lower-extremity amputation (LEA). Nevertheless, the long-term survival and factors associated with...

Authors: Yu-Yao Huang, Cheng-Wei Lin, Hui-Mei Yang, Shih-Yuan Hung and I-Wen Chen

The effects on calcaneofibular ligament function of differences in the angle of the calcaneofibular ligament with respect to the long axis of the fibula: a simulation study

In the present study, CFLs harvested from cadavers were categorized according to the differences in the angle of the CFL with respect to the long axis of the fibula and their shape, and then three-dimensional ...

Authors: Mutsuaki Edama, Ikuo Kageyama, Takanori Kikumoto, Masatoshi Nakamura, Wataru Ito, Emi Nakamura, Ryo Hirabayashi, Tomoya Takabayashi, Takuma Inai and Hideaki Onishi

The clinical diagnosis of symptomatic forefoot neuroma in the general population: a Delphi consensus study

There is limited evidence for defining what specific method or methods should be used to clinically influence clinical decision making for forefoot neuroma. The aim of this study was to develop a clinical asse...

Authors: Charlotte Dando, Lindsey Cherry, Lyndon Jones and Catherine Bowen

Diagnostic accuracy of resting systolic toe pressure for diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease in people with and without diabetes: a cross-sectional retrospective case-control study

The resting systolic toe pressure (TP) is a measure of small arterial function in the periphery. TP is used in addition to the ankle-brachial index when screening for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) of the l...

Authors: Peta Ellen Tehan, Alex Louise Barwick, Mathew Sebastian and Vivienne Helaine Chuter

Identifying the primary outcome for a randomised controlled trial in rheumatoid arthritis: the role of a discrete choice experiment

This study sought to establish the preferences of people with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) about the best outcome measure for a health and fitness intervention randomised controlled trial (RCT). The results of th...

Authors: Eugena Stamuli, David Torgerson, Matthew Northgraves, Sarah Ronaldson and Lindsey Cherry

The effect of a running task on muscle shear elastic modulus of posterior lower leg

Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) is one of the most common causes of exercise-related leg pain in runners. Because stopping training due to pain from MTSS could decrease the athlete’s competitiveness, it i...

Authors: Shuhei Ohya, Masatoshi Nakamura, Takafumi Aoki, Daichi Suzuki, Takanori Kikumoto, Emi Nakamura, Wataru Ito, Ryo Hirabayashi, Tomoya Takabayashi and Mutsuaki Edama

The effect of variation in interpretation of the La Trobe radiographic foot atlas on the prevalence of foot osteoarthritis in older women: the Chingford general population cohort

The prevalence of foot osteoarthritis (OA) is much less understood than hip, knee and hand OA. The foot is anatomically complex and different researchers have investigated different joints with lack of methodo...

Authors: Peter McQueen, Lucy Gates, Michelle Marshall, Michael Doherty, Nigel Arden and Catherine Bowen

Reliability of doming and toe flexion testing to quantify foot muscle strength

Quantifying the strength of the intrinsic foot muscles has been a challenge for clinicians and researchers. The reliable measurement of this strength is important in order to assess weakness, which may contrib...

Authors: Sarah Trager Ridge, J. William Myrer, Mark T. Olsen, Kevin Jurgensmeier and A. Wayne Johnson

Do athletes alter their running mechanics after an Achilles tendon rupture?

Over the past thirty years, there has been dramatic increase in incidence of Achilles tendon rupture in the athletic population. The purpose of this study was to compare the lower extremity mechanics of Achill...

Authors: Daniel Jandacka, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Jaroslav Uchytil, David Zahradnik, Roman Farana and Joseph Hamill

Reliability of analysis of the bone mineral density of the second and fifth metatarsals using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

Metatarsal fractures, especially of the fifth metatarsal, are common injuries of the foot in a young athletic population, but the risk factors for this injury are not well understood. Dual-energy x-ray absorpt...

Authors: N. Stewart Pritchard, James M. Smoliga, Anh-Dung Nguyen, Micah C. Branscomb, David R. Sinacore, Jeffrey B. Taylor and Kevin R. Ford

Evidence for current recommendations concerning the management of foot health for people with chronic long-term conditions: a systematic review

Research focusing on management of foot health has become more evident over the past decade, especially related to chronic conditions such as diabetes. The level of methodological rigour across this body of wo...

Authors: Katherine Edwards, Alan Borthwick, Louise McCulloch, Anthony Redmond, Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Andrew Judge, Nigel Arden and Catherine Bowen