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Issue 4 - Spring 2008
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Articles:
o Encore
Medical, L.P. joins DJO and becomes DJO Surgical o Sara
van Deun, PT PhD student from a Leading Belgian University o Walkers
good alternative for post-op stability treatment o International
PF experts meet at AAOS o Podalux
Promotes ‘Natural’ Gait o DJO
books a place in publishing o DJO
unites with Ormed to create the new Ormed.DJO o New
Unique Text Book and Online Course on Clinical Biomechanics |
Meet DJO at § May
08-10, Nice Shoulder Course, § May 21-24, ESSKA, § May
22-25, 81st Annual Congress of Japanese Orthopaedic Association, § May 29- June 01, 9th EFORT Congress, § June 4-8, WUWHS2008,
Talking Point
Do
you think the conservative management of an isolated PCL injury is the preferred
treatment?
In our winter edition we asked you:
In case of acute anterior
shoulder dislocation, do you feel 15 or more degrees of external shoulder
rotation is beneficial to prevent subsequent episodes of anterior shoulder
dislocation?
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Encore Medical, L.P.
joins DJO and becomes DJO Surgical
We are delighted to announce that as part of our merger with ReAble
Therapeutics in November 2007, Encore Medical, the global supplier of
reconstructive total joint implants for the hip, knee and shoulder has been
renamed DJO Surgical.
Surgical implants have been the focus of Encore's product development since its
formation in April 1992, when several executives with significant experience in
the orthopaedics industry merged with a small equipment manufacturer of
orthopaedic implants and related instruments. Encore’s first product, the
Foundation® Knee System, was introduced in Europe in late 1992 and in the United
States in February 1993. They also obtained registration for this product in
Japan, where sales began in late 1994. Since then they have developed over 100
additional orthopaedic total joint products, trauma products, spinal products,
to meet the wide-ranging needs of patients and surgeons around the world.
Sara van Deun, PT PhD student from a Leading Belgian University
Sara van Deun (29) studied Physical Therapy at the University of Leuven
in Belgium, graduating in 2000. She went on to complete a Masters degree in
Manual Therapy, also at Leuven, in the following year. The prestigious Catholic
University of Leuven, which dates from 1452, is a world renowned centre of
excellence for the teaching and research of Musculoskeletal and Rehabilitation
Sciences. Sara is currently engaged in clinical work at the University Hospital
in Leuven. She also teaches on both the undergraduate and masters programmes of
the university’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Sciences. Her own
PhD studies concentrate on strategies for postural control in subjects with
lower extremity injuries, with the main focus of her doctorate being upon
chronic ankle instability.
Walkers good alternative for post-op stability treatment
We thought you’d be interested to hear about a study that was published in
April’s issue of Foot & Ankle International which compared
post-operative sagittal plane stability treatment options between a traditional
fibreglass cast and a range of pneumatic walkers. Understanding the importance
of the stability of postoperative immobilisation following foot and ankle
surgery and observing an increase in the use of braces, researchers from the
Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Michigan set out to evaluate
the sagittal plane range of motion allowed in different types of walkers in
comparison to a fibreglass cast.
DJO supports the Great
Britain Ultimate Frisbee squad as they prepare for the World Championships in
Vancouver
DJO sponsorship will help Great
Britain ultimate players stay on the field at this summer’s World Championships
in Vancouver. Ultimate (often called "Ultimate Frisbee") is a
fast-moving team sport played by millions across the World. At the highest
level the game demands speed, agility and endurance. And now GB – already
dominant in Europe – are looking to test themselves against the best in the
World.
International PF experts
meet at AAOS
by John Fulkerson M.D.
At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in San
Francisco, California on March 6, 2008, DJO and the Patellofemoral Foundation
co-hosted a meeting with the International
Patellofemoral Study Group to help work out areas of "general
agreement" regarding the patellofemoral joint.
Podalux Promotes
‘Natural’ Gait
In support of the recent launch of the Podalux post-op shoe, DJO decided to conduct a
comparison study on the biomechanical effect of wearing a post-op shoe on the
foot loading and motion.
There were questions that we wanted to answer on the best post-op protection
following forefoot surgery, more specifically the effects of current products
of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ), and also how the currently
available products compared to the Podalux.
With this in mind we took our products to the University of Central Lancashire
to request testing by Jim Richards, Professor of Biomechanics.
DJO unites with Ormed to
create the new Ormed.DJO
Two leading names in the fields of orthopaedics and rehabilitation were finally
united on 9th April 2008, under the new banner of Ormed.DJO. Rüdiger
Hausherr, President of the new company, created by the merger of DJO Germany
and Ormed GmbH, welcomed the wide-ranging synergies of the union, which has
created one of Europe’s largest, and most technically advanced, integrated
providers of both products and services for orthopaedic and vascular
rehabilitation.
At the press conference, Herr Hausherr welcomed DJO’s Chief Executive Officer
Les Cross, Dr Heinz-Jürgen Eichhorn chief medical officer of Klinik St.
Wolfgang, Bad Griesbach and partner of Sporthopaedicum Straubing, Dr Andree
Ellermann chief medical officer of Pforzheim’s Arcus Sportklinik and Markus
Baur, captain of TBV Lemgo, this year’s World Champion hand ball team.
DJO books a place in publishing
As announced in our last newsletter, we have recently launched our new medical
publishing house, DJO Publications.
DJO’s mission is to improve lives by developing medical devices that become the
standard of care in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of
musculoskeletal conditions. With DJO Publications we aim to assist the
medical professional to communicate their views and knowledge on what they see
as the current "Standard Approach" and "Standard of Care"
on different indications throughout the medical world.
DJO has drawn on its reputation to bring some of the World’s leading experts
together with a view to discussing current consensus (or controversy) and a
global approach to an orthopaedic or medical problem. The result of their
discussions will be compiled by DJO Publications into a top-quality
publication.
The world of Orthopaedic
Foot and Ankle Surgery has come full circle! By Dr Michael Lutz MBBS(Qld)
FRACS(Orth)
"In 2001, Mr James Calder travelled to Brisbane, Australia to undertake
Orthopaedic sub-specialty training in Foot and Ankle Surgery. He completed
Fellowship training with Dr Terry Saxby at the Brisbane Foot and Ankle Centre
before returning to the United Kingdom to commence his own Consultant
Orthopaedic practice specialising in Foot and Ankle Surgery.
In 2007, I completed the circle, leaving Brisbane to undertake a Fellowship in
Foot and Ankle Surgery with Mr Calder at The Hampshire Foot and Ankle Centre and
the North Hampshire NHS in Basingstoke and the The Sports Orthopaedic Centre in
London. The Fellowship is generously funded by DJO. In July 2008, after
completing another Fellowship with Dr Mark Myerson in Baltimore, USA, I will
return to Brisbane to commence a Consultant Orthopaedic practice specialising
in Foot and Ankle Surgery at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.
New Unique Text Book and
Online Course on Clinical Biomechanics
Over the years many clinicians have commented about the increase in the need
for what is described as Evidence Based Practice or Evidenced Based Medicine.
The two main problems in physical therapy are: the reproducibility of
measurements of effectiveness and the clinical relevance of the measures made.
So the questions that need to be asked of biomechanics are: Can biomechanics
offer new and sensitive measures of assessment? Can biomechanics assess the
effectiveness of different treatments? Can biomechanics offer immediate,
informed, and direct feedback to clinical practice?
"Testimonial: It's
the support that keeps me going"
For John Sandford Hart, it is the cheering crowds who line the 26.2 miles of
the London Marathon course which make the day itself and the grueling challenge
all worthwhile.
"I’m always floored by the amount of support I seem to get on my way
round. It’s like a Mexican wave from start to finish." John’s surprise is
not the only remarkable thing about this 42-year old from Hampshire. The 2008
London Marathon was the third of a projected 10 races he has now completed on
crutches, raising thousands of pounds for charity, since his right leg was
severed at the knee in a high speed power boat accident in 2002.
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