Publications by authors named "I D Griffiths"
Reinterpreting the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Plantar Heel Pain Through an International Lens.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther
January 2025
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief in response to article "Heel Pain - Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2023" by Koc et al. .
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- Supination resistance is a measure of the external force needed to supinate the foot, which can indicate loads on foot structures important for stability, especially in conditions like plantar fasciopathy (PF), posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD), and chronic ankle instability (CAI).
- This study compared supination resistance among individuals with PF, PTTD, CAI, and healthy controls, finding that CAI exhibited significantly lower resistance while PTTD showed higher resistance, with no noteworthy differences in PF cases.
- Additionally, supination resistance was affected by the surface incline; it increased on a valgus incline and decreased on a varus incline across all participant groups.
Purpose: Electrotherapies are commonly used to treat adult musculoskeletal pathologies. However, there is insufficient evidence supporting the use of electrotherapies for lower limb conditions in children. Currently, it is unknown how electrotherapies are used in paediatric clinical practice.
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- The study focuses on the fabrication and characteristics of macroscopic sheet assemblies known as buckypapers, which utilize core-shell heteronanotubes (MWCNT@BNNT) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs).
- The researchers synthesized MWCNT@BNNTs using a straightforward method involving Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition and ammonia borane as a precursor, which were then used as templates for creating BNNTs.
- The thermal conductivity of the newly created buckypapers was tested using a pioneering technique called piercing scanning thermal microscopy, revealing a 14% increase in thermal conductivity for MWCNT@BNNT buckypaper compared to MWCNT-only buckypaper, while BNNT buckypaper showed lower thermal