July 2008 Table of Contents
Real-time feedback training picks up where coaching leaves off
A common gait rehab approach is being successfully applied to more active populations
By Jordana Bieze Foster
Early research suggests that real-time feedback can be used to stave off overuse injuries in runners, prevent anterior cruciate ligament tears, and normalize asymmetric gait following hip arthroplasty in osteoarthritis patients.
Editor's Memo
The $4.50 per gallon opportunity
By Anthony R. Edwards
Many people will be forced to make tough choices. Will they fill their gas tanks or pay for routine health care?
Foot Care
Treatment for metatarsalgia centers on use of orthoses
By Cherri S. Choate, DPM, and Paul R. Scherer, DPM
Although many causes of metatarsalgia are possible, it seems that the mechanical origin component is common to both primary and secondary forms.
Pain Management
Clinicians gain answers about low back pain from a 10-minute exam
By Louis Kuritzky, MD, and David B. Feller, MD
A short exam can help clinicians discern between patients who can be treated conservatively and those who require more aggressive intervention.
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Diagnosis of early RA key to clinical management
By Kathryn Dao, MD, and John J. Cush, MD
Distinguishing between a self-limiting arthritic process such as postviral arthritis and a persistent inflammatory disease such as RA can be challenging.
In Stride
Clinical news from the medical literature and the BioMechanics mainstream
- Gait Rehab: Research on effects of foot orthoses hits unlucky streak
- Gait Rehab: Group exercise improves mobility
- Gait Rehab: Flip-flops take toll on gait, study finds
- Gait Rehab: Eccentric dynamics reflect patellar pain in volleyball
- Sports Medicine: Baseball researchers expand investigation of core competency
- Sports Medicine: Gait after ACL injury may predict knee OA
- Women's Health: Clinical risk factors become focus of new tools for osteoporosis
- Women's Health: Exertion provokes pain in myalgia patients
- Women's Health: Strength training may not prevent female ACL injuries