Clinical Use of Gait Analysis for the Athlete
Fig. 4.1 2D video gait analysis. Photo courtesy of The Running Institute Since most clinicians are likely to use in-office VGAs to assess their athletes, a suggested guide to obtain…
Specialty Running Stores and the Sports Medicine Professional: A Natural Partnership
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Matthew B. Werd, E. Leslie Knight and Paul R. Langer (eds.)Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine10.1007/978-3-319-52136-7_19 19. Specialty Running Stores and the Sports Medicine Professional: A Natural Partnership Rich Wills1 (1)…
Triathlon and Duathlon
Fig. 16.1 Reebok women’s running shoe The shoe upper which cradles the foot can be subdivided into a toe box, vamp, throat, collar, and heel cup. The closure (lacing) system…
Custom Foot Orthoses Prescription for the Athlete
Correction and Positive Balancing Another important parameter of the orthosis prescription is orthosis shape and positive cast work. Cast correction is the term used to “balance the positive cast to…
Athletic Socks
Fig. 7.1 Example of sock designs. (a) Over-the-calf, (b) crew, (c) mini-crew, (d) roll top The construction of an athletic sock can vary significantly among manufacturers. Depending on the type…
Evolution of Athletic Footwear
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Matthew B. Werd, E. Leslie Knight and Paul R. Langer (eds.)Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine10.1007/978-3-319-52136-7_1 1. Evolution of Athletic Footwear Steven I. Subotnick1, 2, 3 (1) American Academy Podiatric Sports Medicine,…
Athletic Shoe Evaluation
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Matthew B. Werd, E. Leslie Knight and Paul R. Langer (eds.)Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine10.1007/978-3-319-52136-7_5 5. Athletic Shoe Evaluation David Levine1 (1) Private Practice, Frederick, MD, USA David Levine…
A Global Approach to Upper Extremity Paralysis: The Role of Surgery in Limb Reanimation
Fig. 16.1 Left Brachial Plexus (From Green’s, Volume II, p. 1322) [19] Fig. 16.2 Garage door analogy of the musculoskeletal system Fig. 16.3 The Brachial Plexus Fig. 16.4 Dermatomes of…
Upper Extremity Neuromuscular Disorders
Fig. 24.1 PIP fusion figures: (a) illustration of Clinical photos of a patient with rigid swan neck deformity of the small finger. (b) illustration of Intraoperative photos of figure-of-8 tension…
