PodChatLive 183: Why do bus drivers get foot issues, and the psychological factors associated with chronic ankle instability

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Chamonix Podiatry Ski Conference

Musculoskeletal disorders among bus drivers

Comparison of psychological factors between healthy athletes and those suffering from chronic ankle instability

Effects of foot orthoses on lower extremity joint kinematics and kinetics in runners with asymptomatic flatfeet

PodChatLive 182: Are strength exercises actually doing anything, and tips for appraising research papers

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Biomechanical Assessment of Yoga-Based Warm-Up Routines in Reducing Injury Risk among Runners

Do strengthening exercises help in the treatment of people with patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee)?

Strength and Flexibility Self-Assessment and Subsequent Training Injuries Among Runners of the New York City Marathon

The Impact of Foot Arch Morphology on Risk of Overuse Injuries in Amateur Runners: A Prospective Biomechanical Study

PodChatLive 181: Flat out Fabulous; A Barbie foot posture research article special

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Link to "the paper": Flat out Fabulous: How Barbie’s foot posture and occupations have changed over the decades, and the lessons we can learn

Press release: Barbies today are much less likely to be on their tip-toes than in past decades

History of Barbie

Barbie’s Feet

PodChatLive 180: Adidas develop shoe for runners with Down Syndrome, Do orthoses for plantar fasciitis need heel plugs, & When bad science tries to force a causation between foot posture and back pain

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Adidas, FCB develop shoe just for Down syndrome runners

HELPP (HeEL Pain Pathways) Feasibility Study

Custom-made foot orthoses with and without heel plugs and their effect on treatment outcomes and plantar pressures in patients with plantar fasciitis

Flat Foot and Lower Back Pain: An Association and Implications for Treatment

PodChatLive 179: Words relating to symptomatic flat feet in children, effects of foot orthoses wedging, and questioning whether biomechanical experiments are of any value

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Foot orthosis with posterior-medial posting alone produces similar effects than anterior-medial plus posterior-medial postings on the lower limb mechanics and muscle activation during normal walking

The F-words relating to symptomatic flexible flat feet: A scoping review

The correlation between biomechanical experiments and clinical studies in orthopedics: a systematic review

PodChatLive 178: Even more plantar fasciitis research (is it all really needed?) and individual responses to foot orthoses

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The 6 best Asics running shoes for women, according to editors and podiatrists

Plantar Fasciitis: An Autobiographical Case Report From the Perspective of an Athlete and Physician

Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by creating a hard floor in plantar fasciitis treatment? A randomized clinical trial

Two types of insoles design to influence running biomechanics in opposite directions and individual responses

PodChatLive 177: London marathon post mortem, Os peroneum, biomechanical strategies to improve running, and pandemic influences on google searches

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Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running: Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses—A Quasi-Experimental Study

Association between work-from-home policies and United States public interest in foot surgery conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical aspects and epidemiology of os peroneum

PodChatLive 176: The Podcast Studio Episode!

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Diagnostic domains, differential diagnosis and conditions requiring further medical attention that are considered important in the assessment for Achilles tendinopathy

Variability Among Individual Male Runners Influences Cumulative Loading More Than Foot Strike Type

The “future” pain clinician: Competencies needed to provide psychologically informed care

The effects of running shoe stack height on running style and stability during level running at different running speeds

PodChatLive 175: UK National Hallux Valgus Think Tank, Achilles symptoms Vs Achilles pain, and anatomical variation as it relates to pathology

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The Inaugural United Kingdom National Hallux Valgus Think Tank: Identification of Key Issues and Strategies to Improve Clinical Care for Patient Benefit

Evaluation of the relations between foot & ankle pathologies and anatomic variations with magnetic resonance imaging of 849 study population

Reduced Achilles tendinopathy symptoms (e.g. stiffness), but not pain, relate to patient-perceived resolution of Achilles tendinopathy

PodChatLive 174: What orthoses prescriptions Podiatrists write, a scoping review of foot strengthening exercises, and why patients want bunion surgery

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Custom Foot Orthoses: A Retrospective Analysis of 1000 Prescriptions From New Zealand Podiatrists

Muscle Strengthening Exercises for the Foot and Ankle: A Scoping Review Exploring Adherence to Best Practice for Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health

Why I Want Bunion Surgery—the Patient’s Preoperative and Postoperative Perspective