A New Test for Achilles Tendinopathy Based on Kager's Fat Pad Clinical Assessment Predictive Values.

Unlabelled: Background This study aimed to check the diagnostic accuracy of a new test to identify Achilles tendinopathy.

Study Design: Observational study.

Methods: Seventy patients recruited from a private medical centre met the diagnostic criteria for unilateral Achilles tendinopathy (age, 45.

Structural assessment of pre-flexion in silicone implants for arthroplasty of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.

The development of numerical models to analyze pathologies and implants related to the first metatarsophalangeal joint of the foot remains an issue for attention. The structural effects of implants pre-flexion have been discarded in several finite elements analyses due to complexities to achieve these positions. This work aims to evaluate if the pre-flexion stress state should be included or could be discarded when only flexion is applied in two different silicone commercial implants, Swanson and Tornier, during a gait cycle.

Effectiveness of the Lapidus plate system in foot surgery: A PRISMA compliant systematic review.

Lapidus arthrodesis is an established standard procedure to correct various foot surgery problems and hallux limitus, hypermobility of the first ray, hallux abductus valgus, and symptomatic lesser metatarsal. After decades, many fixation methods in the orthopaedic surgery industry have been developed for decreasing complications and improving this technique. The aim of this PRISMA compliant systematic review is to analyse the effectiveness of several lapidus plate systems in foot surgery.

The reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in older adults with foot disorders.

Unlabelled: The Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) is an index employed to measure alterations related to frailty. The main objective in this research was to develop the EFS short-form (EFS-SF) and to evaluate its validity, reliability, and sensitivity to predict frailty disability outcomes in elderly patients with foot disabilities.

Results: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the EFS-SF revealed the presence of three components, as in the original EFA.

Heel Height as an Etiology of Hallux Abductus Valgus Development: An electromagnetic Static and Dynamic First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Study.

Hallux abductus valgus (HAV) is a forefoot condition produced by extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Shoes with a high heel height and a typical narrow tip toe box can induce deviations in both the proximal phalanx of the hallux (PPH) and the first metatarsal (IMTT) bones. Nevertheless, the isolated role of heel height remains unclear in the development of HAV pathology.