Making the diagnosis of osteomyelitis. The role of prevalence.

abstract：:Staphylococcus is, by far, the most commonly seen organism in podiatric infections. Although common, staphylococcal infections are difficult to understand and treat. These bacteria have undergone significant changes in their pathogenicity and antibiotic susceptibility over the last few years. Methicillin-resistant str...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Tan JS,File TM Jr

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single case of a tibial sesamoid fracture in a softball player is reported here. A review of the literature confirms that this is an unusual and difficult problem to treat in the athletic population given the significant loads placed on the sesamoids during athletic activity. In the case presented, conservative care...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Jones JL,Losito JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of diabetes on the lower extremity can be devastating. Surgical intervention on the diabetic foot must be carefully planned, and long-term results must be anticipated. The authors present a case history of a patient with multiple previous amputations of the forefoot, resulting in a severe deformity and a no...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Lynch T,Kanat IO

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The topic of pain management remains a minor component of the formal education and training of residents and physicians in the United States. Misguided attitudes concerning acute and chronic pain management, in addition to reservations about the legal aspects of pain management, often translate into a "fear of the unk...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Meyr AJ,Steinberg JS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During examination of an 11-year-old boy who had injured his right ankle, a benign tibial bone tumor was incidentally discovered. The bone tumor was initially treated with conservative care. When the patient returned with pain and an enlarging lesion, surgery was performed to prevent pathologic fracture. This case dem...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Hollawell S,Pfeiffer D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The growth factors derived from platelets contained in platelet-rich plasma comprise a series of molecules that favor the production of collagen with the proliferation of fibroblasts and new blood vessels. These substances exert their effect on the cells, acting in all the stages of cicatrization, especially...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Córdoba-Fernandez A,Rayo-Rosado R,Juarez-Jiménez JM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive calcaneal eversion and tibial varum are thought to predispose individuals to overuse injuries such as patellofemoral pain, yet investigations of this relationship have yielded equivocal results. Differences in the methods used, including stance position, may contribute to the observed differences. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Mahar SM,Livingston LA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2003, the American Podiatric Medical Association conducted its second annual "Walking City Competition." The objective of the study was to update and expand on the results of a previous study conducted in 2002, taking into account a wider variety of measures of walking and walking conditions and identifying the bes...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Fisher AH Jr,Tzamaras GP,Scherer JE

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of diabetic foot ulcerations has been a difficult task for podiatrists. Numerous methods and materials have been used in an attempt to alleviate this frustrating and complex treatment dilemma. However, there is one treatment method that has been used successfully for decades on plantar ulcerations of the...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Baker RE

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foot is an engineering marvel that allows the body to perform many physical activities over a wide variety of terrain with remarkable efficiency. The functions of the foot and the lower extremity are biomechanically integrated; thus normal lower-extremity function requires normal foot function and vice versa. Beca...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Kirby KA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipofibromatous hamartoma (LFH) is a rare, benign, tumor-like soft-tissue lesion that affects the peripheral nerves and forms a palpable neurogenic mass. Lipofibromatous hamartoma is associated with pain and sensory and/or motor deficits in the area of innervation of the affected nerve. This report describes a rare ca...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Mert M,Hacısalihoglu P

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study sought to assess the prevalence of flat feet in primary school children and to find correlations among arch height, ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM), and obesity level. METHODS:The 400 children aged 10 to 12 years who took part in the study had their body height, weight, and fat percentag...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Jankowicz-Szymanska A,Mikolajczyk E,Wodka K

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an uncommon gram-negative bacterium often found in individuals with long-standing broad-spectrum antibiotic use or catheter use; individuals undergoing hemodialysis; and individuals with prolonged respiratory disease, specifically, cystic fibrosis. To our knowledge, there are ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Huchital MJ,Kim J,Mantzoukas A,Lucido JV

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author presents information related to the structures of medical and podiatric residency training and statistical information regarding entry level residency positions in approved podiatric residency programs. The results of surveys of residency directors (1989 and 1990) and the residency community of interest (19...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Udris E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peroneal tubercle is an anatomic landmark consistently found on the lateral aspect of the calcaneus. Its enlargement can be either congenital or acquired. In the past, surgical treatment of enlarged tubercles has consisted of simple excision of the tubercle. The authors have presented a technique to preserve the g...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Berenter JS,Goldman FD

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of ulcer size is normally limited to measuring length, width, and depth, and comparing those figures to previously obtained values. These comparisons are grossly inaccurate, and a more representative technique can be used by treating the ulceration as a three-dimensional object. The author proposes seve...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Johnson JD

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Use of thicker and longer (four cortices) screws or of multiple screws seems to be more stable and efficient for syndesmosis fixation. METHODS:A three-dimensional finite element model of an ankle was constructed from serial axial sections from an existing two-dimensional computed tomographic image. Construc...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Er MS,Verim O,Altinel L,Tasgetiren S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Onychomycosis is estimated to occur in approximately 10% of the global population, with most cases caused by Trichophyton rubrum. Some persistent onychomycosis is caused by mixed infections of T rubrum and one or more co-infecting nondermatophyte molds (NDMs). In onychomycosis, T rubrum strain types may natu...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Gupta AK,Nakrieko KA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 27-year-old female, 5 years after a motor vehicle accident that resulted in spinal cord damage, is reviewed. She progressed well after her accident for 4 years, at which time she developed a neuropathic heel ulceration, aggravated by her calcaneal gait and pregnancy weight gain. The rarity of such a case...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Ward K,Sobel E,Kosinski MA

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anisomelia, or limb-length discrepancy, has disruptive effects on gait, posture, and ambulation. Limb-length discrepancy has been shown to be a factor in stress fractures in the femur and tibia, and the longer limb, a contributing factor in the development of low-back pain, a cause of scoliosis. We sought to...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Mahmood S,Huffman LK,Harris JG

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We assessed the efficacy of customized foot orthotic therapy by comparing reulceration rates, minor amputation rates, and work and daily living activities before and after therapy. Peak plantar pressures and peak plantar impulses were compared with the patients not wearing and wearing their prescribed footwe...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Fernandez ML,Lozano RM,Diaz MI,Jurado MA,Hernandez DM,Montesinos JV

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteomyelitis and osteoarthropathy may appear clinically and radiographically similar. Many retrospective and some prospective studies have shown that magnetic resonance imaging provides valuable information about the pathologic basis of disease, specifically in the differentiation of osteomyelitis from osteoarthropat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Naftulin KA,Stone PA,McGarry JJ

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A patient "handoff," or the "sign-out" process, is an episode during which the responsibility of a patient transitions from one health-care provider to another. These are important events that affect patient safety, particularly because a significant proportion of adverse events have been associated with a r...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Sansosti LE,Crowell A,Ellis-McConnell W,Meyr AJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the position of the subtalar joint axis is being more widely used clinically to facilitate the prescription of foot orthoses and the understanding of foot function, but clinical determination of the axis has not been widely investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Payne C,Munteanu S,Miller K

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elderly make more frequent use of general podiatric medical services than the younger population. It is therefore important for podiatric physicians to become familiar with the general principles of infectious disease as applied to an elderly population, which is susceptible to a wider spectrum of disease with mor...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Cristofaro PA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reflects upon his experiences within podiatric medical education and shares his thoughts about the directions podiatric medical education should take before the end of the century. The author envisions a collaborative effort between the practitioners and educators within the profession in areas such as curr...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： McNevin AJ

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance is a relatively new imaging technique. Its applications are rapidly evolving. The authors discuss new applications for its use in the foot and ankle of the pediatric patient. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Bresnahan PJ,Fung J

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a case of bilateral middle facet talocalcaneal coalitions with peroneal spasm producing a fixed valgus heel. They introduce a corrective procedure used at the Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center and discuss its application in podiatric surgery. Correction included resection of the ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Yen RG,Giacopelli JA,Granoff DP,Smith SD

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exertional compartment syndrome (ECS) in the foot is rarely reported and often confused with plantar fasciitis as a cause of arch pain in the running athlete. We describe a case involving a 19 year old competitive collegiate runner who developed a chronic case of bilateral medial arch pain during training, which was i...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Izadi FE,Richie DH Jr

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss mathematical evaluations when considering base wedge osteotomies to correct a tailor's bunion. A review of the literature is presented in order to use clinical results when algebraic and trigonometric functions are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

authors： Shrum DG,Sprandel DC,Marshall H

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00