Hope you all had a wonderful labor day weekend.
Phorest
- Attached are 2 summaries
of the VA’s “OWN THE MOMENT” initiative offering seemingly easy but
important points to consider as we move through our day.
- Attached is an excellent
introduction to peripheral neuropathies by on of the greats (Dyck)
for a practical approach to diagnosis and management.
- The AMA has published an
update to CPT that includes two new codes associated with the pandemic. See
here for the AANEM description.
Trees
- The C-Brace
is ottobock’s passive hydraulic microprocessor orthosis. Allows any
orthosis design as long as the C-brace is attached. It is sealed but no
water proof. Contraindicated in >10 deg hip flexion contracture,
excessive knee flexion contracture, in ability to translate femur
anteriorly. Variable stance and swing. Allows for walking backwards,
slopes, descending stairs. Adjustment via app. 225 pound limit.
- At the 2019 AANEM,
during a “Challenging Cases” roundtable discussion, the “Neck Tornado
Test” was brought up as a supplement to the Spurling maneuver. Attached is
my summary of the article describing it (Juyeon Park et al International
Journal of Medical Sciences 2017; 14(7): 662-667. doi:
10.7150/ijms.19110)
- Antidiabetics,
Statins, and the Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) !!
