The Importance of Activating Factors in Physical Activity Interventions for Older Adults Using Information and Communication Technologies: Systematic Review.

Background: In an aging population, it is important to activate older adults in taking care of their own health. Increasing physical activity is one way to avoid or lessen age-related physical and mental impairments. Interest in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) tools to promote physical activity among older adults is growing considerably.

Training interventions to reduce the risk of injury to the lower extremity joints during landing movements in adult athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Aim of this systematic review was to summarise training interventions designed to reduce biomechanical risk factors associated with increased risk of lower extremity landing injuries and to evaluate their practical implications in amateur sports.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data Sources: MEDLINE, Scopus and SPORTDiscus.

Systematic review of candidate prognostic factors for falling in older adults identified from motion analysis of challenging walking tasks.

The objective of this systematic review is to identify motion analysis parameters measured during challenging walking tasks which can predict fall risk in the older population. Numerous studies have attempted to predict fall risk from the motion analysis of standing balance or steady walking. However, most falls do not occur during steady gait but occur due to challenging centre of mass displacements or environmental hazards resulting in slipping, tripping or falls on stairs.

Gait analysis of the lower limb in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.

Introduction: In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), signs and symptoms of feet and ankle are common. To evaluate the dynamic function of feet and ankles, namely walking, a variety of gait studies have been published. In this systematic review, we provide a systematic overview of the available gait studies in RA, give a clinimetrical assignment, and review the general conclusions regarding gait in RA.

We should not forget the foot: relations between signs and symptoms, damage, and function in rheumatoid arthritis.

We studied rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with foot complaints to address the associations between clinical signs and symptoms, radiographic changes, and function in connection with disease duration. Secondly, we describe the contribution of several foot segments to the clinical presentation and function. In 30 RA patients with complaints of their feet, attributed to either signs of arthritis and/or radiographic damage, we compared radiographic, ultrasound, clinical, and functional parameters of the feet and ankle.

Magnetic resonance imaging of the rheumatic foot according to the RAMRIS system is reliable.

Objective: In rheumatology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is predominantly applied in the assessment and outcome measurement of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in hands and wrists, leading to the development of the RAMRIS (RA-MRI-Scoring) system. It was initiated by the Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials (OMERACT). The RAMRIS system has not been applied widely in the measurement of feet.

Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon rupture in RA-patients is associated with MTP 1 damage and pes planus.

Background: To assess the prevalence of and relation between rupture or tenosynovitis of the Flexor Hallucis Longus (FHL) tendon and range of motion, deformities and joint damage of the forefoot in RA patients with foot complaints.

Methods: Thirty RA patients with painful feet were analysed, their feet were examined clinically for the presence of pes planus and range of motion (ROM), radiographs were scored looking for the presence of forefoot damage, and ultrasound examination was performed, examining the presence of tenosyovitis or rupture of the FHL at the level of the medial malleolus. The correlation between the presence or absence of the FHL and ROM, forefoot damage and pes planus was calculated.