Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Foot and Ankle Disability Index.

The Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) is one of the most commonly used tools for evaluating foot and ankle function. Due to the lack of a Korean version for properly evaluating Koreans, it was not possible to compare Korean data with data from other countries using FADI. Therefore, we created a Korean version of the FADI questionnaire and evaluated its reliability and validity.

Comparison of Korean Body Image Questionnaires in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.

Study Design: A prospective study.

Purpose: To obtain the results of four body image questionnaires analyzed for validity in Korean and compare them to radiographic findings and quality of life scores.

Overview Of Literature: Each of the four body image questionnaires has been studied, but comparative studies of each other are rare.

Effect of bisphosphonates on ankylosing spondylitis: A meta-analysis.

This study aimed to compare outcomes between ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated with and without bisphosphonate (BP; non-BP) through a meta-analysis. The Medline (via PubMed), Cochrane, Scopus, and Embase databases were searched for studies that evaluated the outcomes of AS, including patient age, disease duration, disease activity, and bone mineral density (BMD), published between January 2000 and March 2020. Two authors extracted the data independently.

Sagittal spinopelvic alignment after spinal fusion in degenerative lumbar scoliosis: a meta-analysis.

This meta-analysis aimed to investigate the changes in sagittal spinopelvic alignment in degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) from the preoperative state to the last follow-up. The MEDLINE via PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, and Embase databases were searched for studies published between January 2010 and January 2019 evaluating radiological parameters including the coronal Cobb angle, sagittal vertical axis (SVA), thoracic kyphosis (TK), lumbar lordosis (LL), pelvic incidence (PI), sacral slope (SS), and pelvic tilt (PT) in DLS. Two authors performed data extraction independently.

Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Foot Function Index.

Although translated versions of the Foot Function Index (FFI) in several languages are available, the absence of a Korean version has precluded comparing the data from Korea with the data from other countries using the FFI. We, therefore, evaluated the reliability and validity of the adapted Korean version of the FFI. We translated the English version of the FFI into Korean and back into English.

Validation of the Korean version of the Oxford Knee Score in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Background: Although translated versions of the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) in several languages are available, the absence of a Korean version precludes comparing data from Korea with that from other countries using the OKS.

Questions/purposes: We therefore evaluated the reliability and validity of the adapted Korean version of the OKS.

Methods: We first translated the English version of the OKS into Korean, then back into English, then held expert committee discussions to finalize the Korean version.

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae infection after total knee arthroplasty: a case report.

Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae (SDSD), Lancefield group C streptococcus, is an animal pathogen which often causes pyogenic infection in domestic animals. Human infection by SDSD has been reported as a cellulitis on the upper arm, but a prosthetic joint infection caused by SDSD after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has not yet been reported in the literature demonstrating that its clinical manifestation and management have not been well established. In this case report, we aimed to present a case of SDSD prosthetic joint infection after TKA, which was successfully treated by two-stage re-implantation with an application of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer.

Polymorphism in vitamin D receptor is associated with bone mineral density in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Low bone mass and osteopenia have been reported in the axial and peripheral skeleton of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. Furthermore, several recent studies have shown that gene polymorphisms are related to osteoporosis. However, no study has yet linked polymorphisms in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and bone mass in AIS.

Association between osteoprotegerin gene polymorphism and bone mineral density in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Generalized low bone mass and osteopenia have been reported in the axial and peripheral skeleton of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. Recently, many studies have shown that gene polymorphisms are related to osteoporosis. However, no studies have linked the association between gene polymorphisms and bone mass of AIS.