Salisbury Post

Ester Marsh: What is plantar fasciitis?

What is plantar fasciitis? It’s an inflammation of a thick band of connective tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes.

Warriors' Moses Moody reportedly diagnosed with torn patellar tendon after being stretchered off vs. Mavs

Moses Moody went up for a breakaway dunk, but his left knee gave out in the final minute of overtime on Monday night.

How this L.A. hiker learned to walk without an Achilles tendon

Author Jo Giese outlines in her new book how, after a botched surgery, she lost her left Achilles and relearned to walk ...
BMJ

The prevalence, variety and impact of wrist problems in elite professional golfers on the European Tour

2 Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (LMBRU), Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK 3 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust ...
BMJ

High-resolution MRI assessment of dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis shows flexor tendon pulley and sheath-related enthesitis

Objective Dactylitis is a hallmark of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) where flexor tenosynovitis is common. This study explored the microanatomical basis of dactylitis using high-resolution MRI (hrMRI) to ...
IEEE

Effects of Varying Plantarflexion Stiffness of Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Achilles Tendon and Propulsion Force During Gait

Abstract: An ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) with a plantarflexion resistance function, improves post-stroke gait. An AFO with a plantarflexion resistance function not only affects the first rocker function ...
BMJ

The foot in multistage ultra-marathon runners: experience in a cohort study of 22 participants of the Trans Europe Footrace Project with mobile MRI

Objectives 67 runners participated in the Trans Europe FootRace 2009 (TEFR09), a 4487 km (2789 mi) multistage ultra-marathon covering the south of Europe (Bari, Italy) to the North Cape. Reports on ...