CME OnDemand: 2022 AOFAS Annual Meeting-Research Speaker: Donald D. Anderson, PhD - Upping Our Game in Foot and Ankle Research

Research Speaker: Donald D. Anderson, PhD - Upping Our Game in Foot and Ankle Research

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Video Summary

In this video, Dr. Anderson from the University of Iowa discusses his research on foot and ankle biomechanics. He emphasizes the importance of upping our game in foot and ankle research and presents case studies and research findings to support his argument. He discusses the pathomechanics of ankle osteoarthritis (OA) and highlights the role of fracture severity and chronic contact stress elevation in the development of post-traumatic OA. He introduces methodologies, such as preoperative CT data analysis and weight-bearing CT, to quantify fracture severity and joint space narrowing. Dr. Anderson also presents computational modeling techniques to evaluate surgically obtained fracture reductions and predict contact stress in total ankle replacements. He concludes by discussing the use of statistical shape modeling and ultrasound in characterizing soft tissues in diabetic patients, as well as robotic gait simulation and biplane video fluoroscopy for studying foot and ankle motion. Dr. Anderson expresses gratitude to funding sources such as the Arthritis Foundation, AOFAS, and Paragon 28 for supporting ankle OA research.

Keywords

foot and ankle biomechanics

ankle osteoarthritis

fracture severity

chronic contact stress elevation

preoperative CT data analysis

total ankle replacements