Feeding and eating disorders (FEDs) are a heterogeneous grouping of disorders at the mind-body interface, with typical onset from childhood into emerging adulthood. They occur along a spectrum of disordered eating and compensatory weight management behaviors, and from low to high body weight. Psychiatric comorbidities are the norm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Given the relative rate of dissatisfaction following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and the need to further improve outcomes for all patients, various surgical methods have been developed that aim to restore the pre-arthritic alignment of the knee and lower limb. Common to these methodologies is a need to determine the pre-arthritic alignment of the knee and limb, thus producing defined targets for surgery. The aim of this paper was to compare the predicted pre-arthritic constitutional alignment of knee and lower limb calculated by the Flexion Extension Balancing Algorithm (FEBA) and the arithmetic HKA (aHKA) methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Eating disorders often result in distress, relationship impairment, and emotional, social, and financial burden for family members and other loved ones. However, carer outcomes from eating disorder treatment are under-researched, particularly residential settings. This study aimed to examine carer outcomes from a transdiagnostic residential service for eating disorders, which included therapist-led psychoeducation and peer support for carers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Elite athletes experience unique pressures and cognitions associated with disordered eating, which may not be appropriately captured by existing tools. The Athletic Disordered Eating (ADE) scale is a recently developed and first measure of disordered eating specifically developed and validated in current and former athletes. This study aimed to provide further validation for the ADE in an independent sample of elite athletes.
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