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musculoskeletal conditions/disorders

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by pod026, Dec 20, 2014.

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  1. pod026

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    does anyone know what are the common types of foot musculoskeletal conditions?
    does posterior tibial dysfunction/ muscular dystrophy classify as such conditions?
     
  2. emhm

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    Apologies, this seems like an unusual question to ask here!

    Reading the relevant chapter in foot and ankle textbook e.g. Neale's Disorders of the Foot and Ankle, or reading the foot/ankle chapter of an orthopaedic textbook might be a good place to start, but

    For a lay person's introduction, maybe look at:

    AOFAS' (American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society) patient education site?
    http://www.aofas.org/footcaremd/conditions/Pages/conditions.aspx

    ACFAS' (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) patient education site:
    http://www.foothealthfacts.org/Content.aspx?id=1571


    Otherwise, a couple of random relevant citations to get you started (thanks PubMed!)

    Re: epidemiology of foot and ankle conditions:

    Dunn JE, Link CL, Felson DT, Crincoli MG, Keysor JJ, McKinlay JB.2004 Prevalence of foot and ankle conditions in a multiethnic community sample of older adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Mar 1;159(5):491-8.

    http://www.jfootankleres.com/content/7/1/45
    Bonanno, DR, Medica, VG, Tan, DS, Spring, AA, Bird, AR, Gazarek, J. 2014. Evaluating the outcomes of a podiatry-led assessment service in a public hospital orthopaedic unit. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2014, 7:45
    (has an interesting table of particular conditions that were referred to a hospital Orthopaedic department).

    Re: Posterior Tibialis issues in particular
    Kohls-Gatzoulis J, Woods B, Angel JC, Singh D. 2009. The prevalence of symptomatic posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction in women over the age of 40 in England. Foot Ankle Surg. 15(2):75-81. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2008.08.003. Epub 2008 Oct 1.
    (came out with about a 3.3% prevalence in this population)

    Remembering of course that posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is often not mentioned in the literature: a lot of prevalence studies look at self-reported foot pain, arthritis, flatfoot, etc which can all involve post tib problems among other things.
     
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