BACKGROUND Foot problems are highly prevalent in people with inflammatory arthritis reported from studies in the UK, Europe and New Zealand, but there is limited evidence from Southeast Asia. The study aim was to evaluate the prevalence of foot problems in people with inflammatory arthritis in Singapore. METHODS People with inflammatory arthritis were recruited from the rheumatology outpatien...

BACKGROUND Foot pain drawings (manikins) are commonly used to describe foot pain location in self-report health surveys. Respondents shade the manikin where they experience pain. The manikin is then scored via a transparent overlay that divides the drawings into areas. In large population based studies they are often scored by multiple raters. A difference in how different raters score manikins...

BACKGROUND Plantar heel pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders of the foot and ankle. Treatment of the condition is usually conservative, however the effectiveness of many treatments frequently used in clinical practice, including supportive taping of the foot, has not been established. We performed a participant-blinded randomised trial to assess the effectiveness of low-Dye ...

To cite: Cusack J, Shtofmakher G, Kilfoil RL, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014206408 DESCRIPTION A 53-year-old African-American man presented to a local podiatry outpatient clinic with a chief symptom of unilateral pain in the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ) of his left foot as well as a secondary concern of chronic low back (lumb...

BACKGROUND People who have extremely high arched feet or pes cavus often suffer from substantial foot pain. Custom-made foot orthoses (CFO) have been shown to be an effective treatment option, but their specificity is unclear. It is generally thought that one of the primary functions of CFO is redistributing abnormal plantar pressures. This study sought to identify variables associated with pai...

This newsletter is quarterly and contains abstracts from medical journals published between June and December 2005 (abstracts presented at scientific meetings may also be included). Please direct any comments regarding this newsletter to [email protected]. Effects of intradermal foot and forearm capsaicin injections in normal and vulvodynia-afflicted women. Cutaneous response to capsaicin has been ...

BACKGROUND Few population-based studies have examined the prevalence of foot pain in the general community. The aims of this study were therefore to determine the prevalence, correlates and impact of foot pain in a population-based sample of people aged 18 years and over living in the northwest region of Adelaide, South Australia. METHODS The North West Adelaide Health Study is a representati...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of custom molded foot orthoses on children with growing pains of the lower extremities. METHODS Children with growing pains were recruited during a clinic visit. None had any bony deformities, inflammatory joint disease or depression. Resting calcaneal stance position (RCSP) and calcaneal pitch angle were measured, and individual custom molded rigid foot ortho...

BACKGROUND There is a well-recognised relationship between body weight, plantar pressures and foot pain, but the temporal association between these factors is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between increasing weight, plantar pressures and foot pain over a two-year period. METHODS Fifty-one participants (33 women and 18 men) completed the two-year longitudi...

Forty patients were studied prospectively for complications of ascending phlebography. The commonest immediate complication was pain at the site of injection and the commonest delayed complication pain in the foot or calf. Out of 30 patients with pain in the foot and calf, 15 had venous thrombosis. Review of 200 case notes disclosed only one recorded complication--namely, necrosis of the dorsal...