Podcast 122: Achilles problems, glutes, & feet.

Key tag words:
neuroscience, elon musk, achilles, tendonitis, tendonopathy, eccentric loading, tendon loading, gluteus maximus, gmax, glutes, abductor hallucis, foot pain, hip biomechanics, navicular drop, BEAR, ACL tear, ACL reconstruction, plantar fascitis
 

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Show Notes:

Stanford Develops Computer That Literally Plugs Into People's Brains

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/289645


Elon Musk says humans must become cyborgs to stay relevant. 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/15/elon-musk-cyborgs-robots-artificial-intelligence-is-he-right

1. achilles tendonopathy:

http://www.jospt.org/doi/abs/10.2519/jospt.2016.6462?platform=hootsuite&code=jospt-site

2. achilles tendinitis and tendonosis.

Ohberg L, Lorentzon R, Alfredson H, Maffulli N. Eccentric training in patients with chronic Achilles tendinosis: normalised tendon structure and decreased thickness at follow up. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2004;38(1):8-11. doi:10.1136/bjsm.2001.000284.

link to abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1724744/

3. Is Achilles tendon blood flow related to foot pronation?
 E. Wezenbeek,T. M. Willems,N. Mahieu,I. Van Caekenberghe,E. Witvrouw,D. De Clercq

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12834/full

4.  The effects of gluteus maximus and abductor hallucis strengthening exercises for four weeks on navicular drop and lower extremity muscle activity during gait with flatfoot

Young-Mi Goo, MS, PT,1 Tae-Ho Kim, PhD, PT,1,* and Jin-Yong Lim, MS, PT1  J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 Mar; 28(3): 911–915.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4842464/

5. BEAR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3g-CagCrZM

Bridge-Enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (BEAR) procedure uses stitches and a bridging scaffold (a sponge injected with the patient’s blood) to stimulate healing of the torn ACL eliminating the need tendon graft.

References:
Murray, M., Flutie, B., Kalish, L., Ecklund, K., Fleming, B., Proffen, B. and Micheli, L. (2016). The Bridge-Enhanced Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair (BEAR) Procedure: An Early Feasibility Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 4(11).

L. Proffen, B., S. Perrone, G., Roberts, G. and M. Murray, M. (2015). Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair: A Review of the Science and the Pathway Through FDA Investigational Device Approval. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 43(3), pp.805-818.

Podcast #24: Chronic achilles issues, beer recovery drink and case studies.

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Today’s show notes:

1. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Mar;74(3):946-7. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31828272ad.
Achilles’ death: Anatomical considerations regarding the most famous trauma of the Trojan War.
2. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2001 May-Jun;40(3):132-6.Saxena A, Bareither D.

Magnetic resonance and cadaveric findings of the “watershed band” of the achilles tendon.
3. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130212112019.htm


Fallout from Nuclear Testing Shows That the Achilles Tendon Can’t Heal Itself
4. K. M. Heinemeier, P. Schjerling, J. Heinemeier, S. P. Magnusson, M. Kjaer. Lack of tissue renewal in human adult Achilles tendon is revealed by nuclear bomb 14C. The FASEB Journal, 2013; DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-225599

5.  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/10/scientists-suggest-beer-after-workout/#.USRSIq-QMnw.facebook

Scientists suggest beer after a workout
6. Sports Biomech. 2012 Nov;11(4):464-72.

Step width alters iliotibial band strain during running.
7. _http://skorarunning.com/confessions-of-an-overpronator

Over-Pronation

8. http://www.championseverywhere.com/why-gait-analysis-doesnt-work-future-of-the-shoe-industry

Why gait analysis doesn’t work (future of the shoe industry