Publications by authors named "Maria Rosario Morales Lozano"
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- Metatarsalgia, or foot pain, affects people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in remission and those without RA, showing mechanical issues.
- A study involving 84 patients with remRA and 60 without RA compared their foot problems, looking at pain, foot function, joint movement, and damage.
- Both groups had similar issues, but patients with remRA had more disability and foot deformities, suggesting that their condition might cause more foot-related problems.
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- The study investigated how lateral wedge insoles (LWIs) affect the positions of the midfoot and rearfoot joints for people with knee and ankle issues.
- Using motion tracking on 69 subjects, the research compared the effects of wearing LWIs versus being barefoot.
- Results showed significant movement changes in the midfoot and rearfoot while using LWIs, indicating that these insoles can influence foot alignment and movement mechanics.
Background: The rearfoot varus wedge (RVW) is a common treatment for foot pain and valgus deformity. There is research on its effects in the calcaneus, but there is little research on the navicular. More research is needed with the use of RVW due to the relationship that exists between the position of the navicular and the risk of suffering an injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the level of agreement on ultrasonographic (US) lesions among highly experienced sonographers as well as the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of inflammatory and structural US lesions in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the foot.
Methods: After a systematic literature review, a Delphi survey was performed to test definitions of US lesions in OA of the foot, including inflammatory lesions (ie, synovial hypertrophy [SH], joint effusion [JE], power Doppler signal [PD]), and structural abnormalities (ie, cartilage damage [CD] and osteophytes). Subsequently, the reliability of US in assessing the aforementioned lesions was tested on static images as well as during a live exercise.