Orthotics/Prosthetics

• Perspective

• Inexpensive Gait Analysis Can Still Yield Quality Results

• O&P Business News, October 2010
• Gait analysis is a necessary and important part of the overall lower limb patient evaluation. If done properly, gait analysis can reveal nuances of...More »

• Foot Traffic

• A Family Affair

• O&P Business News, Fall 2010
• Mario Donald Hodge, CPed, says he grew up mending shoes, not catching frogs like other kids in his native hometown in southern Illinois.
  Hodge, the owner...More »

• Perspective

• Foot Strike Patterns Study Ignites Barefoot Running Debate

• O&P Business News, Fall 2010
• Daniel Lieberman, PhD, professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, caused a stir within the media and running community when the study,...More »

• Perspective

• Surgical Technique Improves Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Diabetic Charcot Foot

• O&P Business News, Fall 2010
• For years, clinical treatment of Charcot foot involved a combination of braces and crow walkers. Recently, however, foot and ankle surgeons have grown...More »

• Size Differences Seen in Clubfoot-Involved Foot and Leg Not Related to Treatment

• September 14, 2010
• GLASGOW — In children with unilateral clubfoot, the involved foot and leg will be approximately 10% smaller than the uninvolved leg and foot, and...More »

• Perspective

• Ponseti Treatment Achieves More Normal Gait Than PT for Children With Moderate Clubfoot

• O&P Business News, September 2010
• Treatment with the Ponseti cast method achieved normal ankle motion more frequently than physical therapy methods in children with moderate clubfoot,...More »

• Shock Wave Therapy Effective for Chronic Heel Pain in Randomized, Prospective Trial

• O&P Business News, September 2010
• Investigators for a multicenter study found that extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) both safely and effectively reduced recalcitrant chronic plantar...More »

• Perspective

• Electronic Shoe Insert Helps Prevent Falls

• O&P Business News, August 2010
• Falls are not inevitable as people age, despite their frequent occurrence in the geriatric population. A new device created by researchers at the...More »

• Foot Traffic

• The Pharmacist for the Foot

• O&P Business News, August 2010
• Matt Herring, CPed, started out to be a minister of the gospel. He ended up saving soles.
  “A pedorthist?” he asked with a grin. “That was probably the last...More »

• Antibiotic-impregnated Cement Spacer Used for Salvage of Diabetic Osteomyelitis

• July 13, 2010
• NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Using an antibiotic spacer with extensive soft tissue excision and debridement has shown to be successful for treating severe...More »

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