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The conference starts this afternoon.
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Hope you have fun at the conference. When you see Irene, let her know that I'm anxiously awaiting debating her on barefoot running in September. She is now called "The Barefoot Running Professor".
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/1426...rk-and-harvard-medical-school?redirected=true -
900 delegates. That a record. It's over 1/4 of the profession!!!!
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Irene started off first presenting off by presenting arguments that we were not meant to run on heels and should be running forefoot (or barefoot).
I will look forward to beer with her tonight. Big picture, she did present a compelling argument, but small picture, you could poke a hole in some of the little arguments that were used to paint the big picture (if that makes any sense) -
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netizens
I am sure you will have fun.
According to Human Walking by Inman, Ralston and Todd – normal gait would start with heel strike but that pattern changes with middle distance running when heel strike is obviated. Davis and co. may be comparing middle distance runners with joggers in which case that would be two completely different models. Joggers and particularly slow joggers may need the protection cushioned shoes provide, whereas those running closer to middle distance speeds, might well benefit from heel less sports shoes. More research is required.
What say you?
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I would love to hear updates when able Craig.
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From ABC news
Expert recommends running bare
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 Carl Holm
ABC
Barefoot running can be beneficial and heavily cushioned running shoes may be leaving the pavement pounders prone to injury, argues a US sports medicine expert.
Dr Irene Davis of Harvard University reported her latest findings in a keynote address at the 2011 Australasian Podiatry Conference in Melbourne today.
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Here is the abstract from Irene's presentation:
We discussed a number of the issues that came up in the Barefoot Running Debate, especially the stuff on the misuse and misrepresentation of the barefoot running research that I always going on about and she did not disagree with the comments.
Either way, it was the topic of conversation of the in the trade exhibit area after the presentations.Attached Files:
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The communication people have set up this blog from the conference:
Setting the Pace
For those with twitter accounts: Setting the Pace -
The first afternoon session the 3 keynote speakers (Irene, Trevor Prior and Edward Roddy) - Irene having such a topic as barefoot running did take some of the thunder, and Irene did get all the questions on the panel (except Trevor got 1!).
Dr Edward Roddy's presentation was excellenbt and well recived. Here is his abstract:
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Launch of the Australasian Podiatric Rheumatology Group:
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Craig,
Thanks for these updates - great for an insomniac like me. Keep em coming.
Also can you do me a big favour please? Can you ask Irene when she is coming to speak in the UK next.
Ian -
The first presentation after the workshops:
Lower temperature reduced urate solubility --> may be the reason foot affected more, but does not explain the reason for the first MPJ prevalence over other foot joints.
Physical trauma --> shedding of crystals and lowering of pH --> crystal formation and deposition
Relationship between cartilage damage and crystal deposits -- crystals deposition adjacent to cartilage degeneration --> association between OA and gout. Why? Hypotheses:
-cartilage defect predisposes to development of gout
-OA predisposes to crystal deposition
-joint damage arises as a consequence of gout
Why 1st MPJ:
- is the something between OA and gout that explains the 1st mpj prevalence?
Previous discussion: Reason for gout in more peripheral joints. Also: Latest on Gout -
By the way, if fish ran overground on their fins or birds ran overground with their wings with 2-3x body weight over asphalt and cement, we would see many more fin and wing injuries in these animals.:rolleyes:
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Shannon Munteanu presented next on a Development of a diagnostic rule for identifying radiographic osteoarthritis in people with first metatarsophalangeal joint pain: "Multivariate logistic regression identified pain duration greater than 25 months, the presence of a dorsal exostosis, hard-end feel, crepitus and less than 64 degrees of first MTPJ dorsiflexion to be significantly associated with radiographic OA."
Followed by Gerard Zammitt: Intra-articular hyaluronan (Synvisc®, hylan G-F 20) for the treatment of first metatarsophalangeal joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, placebo controlled trial, concluding that: A single intra-articular injection of Synvisc®, hylan G-F 20 is no more effective than a single intra-articular injection of sterile saline (placebo) in reducing symptoms and improving function in people with symptomatic, radiographically confirmed first MTPJ OA. -
From the ABC:
Fast bowlers a 'shoe-in' for injuries
By Carl Holm for ABC Science Online
Posted 10 hours 10 minutes ago
Cricket fast bowlers are particularly at risk of injury and the practice of creating their own custom footwear could be making things worse, a new study shows.
A team from the University of South Australia will present their research on the biomechanical effects of three cricket shoes commonly used by fast bowlers to the Australasian Podiatry Conference today in Melbourne.
Lead researcher, masters student Chris Bishop from the Sansom Institute for Health Research, says the huge forces that a fast bowler's legs and lower body are subjected to can create injury.
"During bowling three different forces act at the front and back foot and the magnitude of these differ between the feet," he said.
"The largest forces are the vertical forces which are attenuated directly up the leg and they can be anything from five to nine times the individual's body weight, so they really are quite large forces.
"The braking forces can be in the vicinity of two to four times body weight."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/04/27/3201288.htm?section=justin -
Due to a parallel session, I missed a number of presentations, but here is a selection:
Narelle Wyndow: Neuromotor control of the triceps surae during running in people with and without Achilles tendinopathy and the immediate effect of foot orthoses -
Martin J. Spink: Efficacy of a multifaceted podiatry intervention to improve balance and prevent falls in older people: a randomised trial
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Women warned: weight gain can lead to foot problems
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Press Release
Menstrual cycle heightens injury risk
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That is amazing, l remember hearing about this at one of the earlier bootcamps
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Snippets from the Thurs AM Wound Management Sessions:
Nicoletta Frescos: Assessment and management of pain in chronic wounds: a national survey of Australian health care practitioners caring for people with chronic wounds -
Some of the usual suspects in the rouges gallery of the exhibition hall:
Paul from Portal Education:
Jayne and Patrick from Tekscan:
Alan from AK Surgical:
Brad and Mandy from Algeos:
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Kellie from New Balance (the main conference sponsors)
Matt from Clarks:
Prue from Nike (someone needs to get all the Nike crew some coffee)
The view from my hotel window:
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From the rheumatology session:
Keith Rome: An evidence-based approach to the development and implementation of a podiatric rheumatology service within the New Zealand health sector -
From the Hallux Valgus session:
Edward Roddy Epidemiology and impact of hallux valgus: more than just bunions
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Here is an interview with Trevor Prior from the conference:
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Congratulations to Alan Crawford for being inducted into the Hall of Fame
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From the morning diabetes sessions:
Byron Perrin: The relationship between cognitive and emotional representations of peripheral neuropathy and incident diabetes-related foot ulceration
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From the Foot surgery session:
Rob Hermann: Improving the outcomes of foot and ankle surgery through the audit cycle: a case study
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From the ankle and knee biomechanics session:
Kay Crossley presented a good overview of the proximal issues in patellofemoral pain syndrome:
Craig Payne: Lateral wedge shoe insoles for medial knee osteoarthritis: a 12-month randomised controlled trial
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For those of you who did not enjoy the conference, these are the two people to blame:
For the rest of us, thank you to Julia Firth (the conference chair) and Hylton Menz (the scientific chair) for a job well done!
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