Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. htzhangsz@163.com.
Orthopaedic Institute, Medical College, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiangdong Rd, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. htzhangsz@163.com.
Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. jiayu@suda.edu.cn.
Orthopaedic Institute, Medical College, Soochow University, 178 Ganjiangdong Rd, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. jiayu@suda.edu.cn.
Patients with chronic ankle instability (CAI) often experience recurrent swelling and pain, which hinder their ability to walk long distances. Emerging evidence suggests that joint mobilization can en...
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of subtalar joint mobilization on enhancing ankle stability, alleviating ankle pain, and improving the walking ability of patients diagnosed with CA...
A retrospective analysis was conducted on 46 patients who were treated between April 2022 and October 2023. They were randomly divided into two groups: a treatment group with 23 cases receiving conven...
After eight weeks of treatment, the treatment group showed significant increases in the number of heel raises on the affected leg (NLHSL), improvements in the star excursion balance test (SEBT), and h...
Subtalar joint mobilization effectively reduces ankle pain and enhances walking ability among patients with CAI by improving ankle stability. The observed improvements in walking ability may stem from...
A comprehensive insight into the effects of subtalar- and mid-tarsal joint osteoarthritis on lower limb's biomechanical characteristics during walking is lacking. Our goal was to assess joint kinemati...
Patients with symptomatic and radiographically confirmed osteoarthritis of the subtalar and mid-tarsal (n = 10) and an asymptomatic control group (n = 10) were compared. Foot joint kinematics and kine...
During pre-swing phase, the tibio-talar range of motion in the sagittal plane of the patient group decreased significantly (P = 0.001), whereas the tarso-metatarsal joint range of motion in the sagitt...
These findings suggest that patients with subtalar and mid-tarsal joint osteoarthritis adopt a cautious walking strategy potentially dictated by pain, muscle weakness, kinesiophobia and stiffness. Sin...
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may provoke ankle symptoms. The aim of this study was to validate the impact of the preoperative mechanical tibiofemoral angle (mTFA), the talar tilt (TT) on ankle sympto...
Patients who underwent TKA from September 2020 to September 2021 were prospectively included. Inclusion criteria were primary end-stage osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence stage IV) of the knee. Exclusi...
A total of 69 patients (varus n = 45; valgus n = 24) underwent TKA and completed the postoperative follow-up visit. Of these, 16 patients (23.2%) reported the onset or progression of ankle symptoms. V...
Approximately one-quarter of the patients developed ankle pain after TKA. If patients complain about ankle symptoms after TKA, standing radiographs of the ankle and a gait analysis could help in detec...
The surgical treatment and management of postoperative soft tissue complications in diabetic patients with displaced calcaneal fractures are still controversial. We aimed to evaluate the short-term ef...
The clinical data of 52 diabetic patients diagnosed with Sanders II or III calcaneal fractures from March 2016 to August 2020 were followed up and analyzed. There were 23 patients of type II and 29 pa...
52 patients were followed up for 23.7 ± 3.2 months (range: 20-28 months) without incision-related complications. Calcaneal radiographic parameters (length, width, height, Böhler/Gissane angle) were im...
Preoperative ultrasonic locating LCB of the sural nerve and arthroscopic percutaneous minimally invasive screw fixation of Sanders II and III calcaneal fractures with the assistance of calcaneal-talar...
Despite coalition resection being the preferred treatment for talocalcaneal coalition (TCC), postoperative complications, suboptimal functional recovery, and recurrence risks remain challenges. Althou...
We conducted a retrospective study on 115 patients who underwent coalition resection surgery due to symptomatic TCC between November 2009 and February 2023. According to preoperative CT scan results, ...
69 patients meeting the inclusion criteria were included, with 30 patients in the P-type group and 39 in the MP-type group. There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups i...
Even with complete coalition resection during surgery and rehabilitation following standardized protocols, the surgical outcomes in MP-type TCC patients are still inferior to those in P-type patients....
To compare radiographic union and clinical outcomes between parallel and angulated screw configurations (SCs) for patients undergoing subtalar arthrodesis due to posttraumatic subtalar arthritis (PSA)...
This study retrospectively reviewed 140 consecutive PSA cases from March 2011 to November 2021 (parallel SC: group 1, n = 80; angulated SC: group 2, n = 60). Radiographic union, Foot and Ankle Outcome...
Groups 1 and 2 included 14 (17.5%) and 3 (5.0%) nonunion cases, respectively (p = 0.035). There was no significant difference in preoperative FAOS and VAS scores between the groups. However, group 2 h...
Using the angulated SC for PSA had a lower nonunion rate and superior clinical outcomes than the parallel SC. Obtaining better radiological and clinical outcomes when using the angulated SC, rather th...
Subtalar arthroereisis is a procedure commonly performed in children with flat feet. The procedure is performed when conservative treatment did not have the desired effect,or when the patient's abnorm...
The study comprised 79 patients (140 operated feet) diagnosed with a flat foot defect who underwent a subtalar arthroereisis procedure. A self-administered questionnaire and a shortened version of the...
The study confirmed that the patients' quality of life after surgery was high in all the areas regarding the somatic, psychological, social and environmental domains. In the group of children assessed...
The employment of subtalars arthroereisis has a positive effect on the quality of life of children with flat feet. The surgery contributes to a reduction in pain and other abnormal symptoms that are a...
Osseous structures have been demonstrated as risk factors for chronic ankle instability (CAI). Previously, the researchers only focused on the osseous structures of ankle, but ignored the osseous stru...
52 patients with CAI and 52 sex- and age- matched control subjects were enrolled from The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University. The lateral radiographs of a...
The Böhler's angle, Calcaneal inclination, Talocalcaneal angle, Tibiotalar angle, Talar-horizontal angle, Talar declination angle, Facet inclination angle and Absolute foot height of CAI group were si...
The osseous structures of STJ in CAI patients are different from normal people in morphology. Therefore, we should pay more attention to the changes of STJ anatomical parameters in the diagnosis and p...
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The purpose of this retrospective case series was to evaluate clinical outcomes following both conservative treatment and arthroscopic bone marrow stimulation (BMS) for the management of symptomatic s...
All symptomatic subtalar OCLs with a minimum of 12 months follow-up having undergone either a conservative management or arthroscopic procedure were included. Patient-reported outcomes were collected ...
All patients underwent conservative treatment first; in addition, 9 patients underwent subtalar arthroscopic debridement with or without BMS. The median follow-up time was 15 months (IQR: 14-100). In ...
This retrospective case series demonstrated that a high number of patients converted to surgery after initial conservative treatment. In addition, debridement and BMS show good clinical outcomes for t...
In recent years, the involvement of the compensation ability of the subtalar joint in lower extremity alignment has been reported. We previously showed that hindfoot alignment angle (HAA) is an indica...
Seventy-two knees of 72 patients aged ≥40 years with varus knee were included in this study. Preoperative radiographs were used for measurement of this study parameters. Based on our previous study, w...
The weight-bearing hindfoot angle (WBHA) (p < 0.001) and non-weight-bearing hindfoot angle (non-WBHA) (p = 0.003), were significantly greater in the A-group than in the N-group. Conversely, the ratio ...
The pathophysiology of abnormal compensation ability of the subtalar joint in the varus knee is thought to involve a state of increased valgus of hindfoot alignment and an inability to move into norma...
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