1067-2516/$ see front matter 2011 by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeon doi:10.1053/j.jfas.2010.10.016 As a regular user of the peer-reviewed medical literature, I’ve observed a steady improvement in the overall quality of foot and ankle surgical research over the past 25 years. I believe that this is important, because the scientific literature, along with our personal experience a...

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are widely accepted measures for evaluating of surgical interventions. As patient-reported information is stored in electronic health records, it essential that there valid PRO (ePRO) instruments available clinicians and researchers. The aim this study was to evaluate the validity versions five used foot ankle specific instruments. Altogether 111 consecutive ele...

Background:  There is still controversy regarding the best technique for ankle arthrodesis to acheive stable rigid fixation along with reconstructing a functional plantigrade foot. Moreover, existing techniques have complictions related to stability, soft tissue covering, fusion rate, and exposure. Methods: With the anterior approach exactly on the tibialis anterior sheath, the joint was expose...

Ten participants without physical impairment walked with 0 kg, 11.5 kg, and 23.0 kg of added weight equally distributed about the torso in a harness. At each weight level, the participants walked at slow, normal, and fast self-selected walking speeds. We examined the roll-over characteristics by determining the ankle-foot and knee-ankle-foot roll-over shapes. These shapes, which are the effecti...

We undertook a prospective study to determine the type and distribution of foot and ankle snowboarding injuries. Reports of 3213 snowboarding injuries were collected from 12 Colorado ski resorts between 1988 and 1995. Of these, 491 (15.3%) were ankle injuries and 58 (1.8%) were foot injuries. Ankle injuries included 216 (44%) fractures and 255 (52%) sprains. Thirty-three (57%) of the foot injur...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of progressive resistance training (PRT) integrated with foot and ankle compression on the gait ability of post-stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Participants were randomly allocated to two groups: the PRT group (n=14) and the control group (n=14). Subjects in the PRT group received training for 30 minutes, five days per we...

Despite the high prevalence of foot symptoms in people with rheumatic diseases, the foot and ankle remains a neglected area in rheumatology. Part of the problem is a lack of appropriate training in clinical examination techniques.1 Also, the foot and ankle are relatively inaccessible: to expose the feet may require much effort for someone with arthritis and may not be prioritised by the examini...

INTRODUCTION The floor reaction ankle-foot orthosis is commonly prescribed in the attempt to decrease knee flexion during the stance phase in the cerebral palsy (CP) gait. Reported information about this type of orthosis is insufficient. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of clinically prescribed floor reaction ankle-foot orthosis on kinematic parameters of the hip,...

Acute ankle injuries are common problems and often lead to persistent pain. To investigate the underlying mechanism of ankle sprain pain, the response properties of spinal dorsal horn neurons were examined after ankle sprain. Acute ankle sprain was induced manually by overextending the ankle of a rat hindlimb in a direction of plantarflexion and inversion. The weight-bearing ratio (WBR) of the ...

The design and control of an active ankle‐foot rehabilitation orthotic system that was designed as a wearable and portable rehabilitation and walking assistive tool is presented. This device can measure and assist the six degree of freedoms (DOFs) movement of the human ankle joint by using a Stewart platform mechanism, which can adapt to the displacement of the r...