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Amputees fight another day: Better care increases return-to-duty rates
U.S. military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are no less likely to suffer an injury requiring amputation than their counterparts who served in previous conflicts, but such an injury is far less likely to keep today’s soldiers from returning to duty.
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• Balance, more than foot positioning, may affect amputee stair ambulation
• Time to stabilization fails to detect effect of ankle brace on stability
CP: Means sap strength data:Subgroup analysis may be key to gait link
Gait researchers’ frustrations in demonstrating benefits of strength training in children with cerebral palsy can be traced to the heterogeneity of the study population, according to a National Institutes of Health study that offers some insight as to which patients are most likely respond.
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• Treadmill outperforms outdoor walking for stroke rehabilitation
• Ankle weakness, not instability, explains reduced speed after TBI
Walk this way: Heels first: Rearfoot strike pattern uses less energy
Forefoot strike patterns, particularly those of the barefoot variety, have generated a lot of buzz in running circles lately. But a University of Utah study suggests that rearfoot strike patterns have advantages as well.
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• Shoe-surface combination with lowest risk of ACL injury pairs cleats with grass
• Gender affects response to eccentric training for Achilles tendinopathy
Spotlight on skier safety – Injury ‘avalanche’ prompts concerns
When the torch is lit to kick off the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next month, the Canadian ski team will be missing no fewer than six of its best Alpine skiers, downed by five anterior cruciate ligament tears and one broken leg. All six were injured between the last week in November and the first week in January.
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• Average rehab after hip labral repair could fit in NHL offseason window
• ‘Double-push’ cross country skiing outpaces conventional techniques
Kids’ shoes come up short – Study links tight fit to hallux valgus angle
Keeping up with the ever-changing footwear needs of growing children can be a challenge for parents, but squeezing kids into too-short shoes may put them at risk for hallux valgus, according to research from the Medical University of Vienna.
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• Posted total contact insoles reduce hindfoot valgus in flexible flatfoot
• Falls prevention efforts in elderly could start with toe strengthening
Knee braces activate brain – fMRI confirms proprioceptive effects
Functional magnetic resonance imaging research from Belgium demonstrates the effect of lower extremity proprioceptive stimulation on brain activity and confirms that the effect of a knee brace or sleeve extends far beyond local joint biomechanics.
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• Ankle foot orthoses improve symmetry, gait in stroke patients with hemiplegia
• Abduction bracing in infants with DDH delays learning to walk by three weeks
Wedges assist stroke rehab
Plus: • Kids, footwear and gait • Teens and running shoes
Alter footfall? Not so fast
Plus: Skateboarding shoes • ACL do-overs • PTTD protocols
Seeking a fatigue-injury link
Plus: Baseball sliding strategies • Detraining and ankle injury
Plus: Ankle brace effects Amputee hip strength • Feedback boosts OA bracing
by Jordana Bieze Foster
Plus: Midfoot risk factors Good sole vibrations • Rehab enhances HV results
by Jordana Bieze Foster
The next big thing in knee osteoarthritis treatment might be a variable-stiffness shoe
By Jennifer C. Erhart, PhD, Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD, and Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD
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