On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
This via Wired and Katrina Miller Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks. In a Physical Review E paper published last month, scientists at the University of Munich may have found an answer. By modeling the physical forces that drive our double bounce, they deduced that it’s an... Continue Reading →
Insightful work from Paluch and coworkers. Bottom line: just keep walking! Key Points Question Are step volume or intensity associated with premature mortality among middle-aged Black and White women and men? Findings In this cohort study of 2110 adults with a mean follow-up of 10.8 years, participants taking at least 7000 steps/d, compared with those taking fewer... Continue Reading →
Walking pace appears to be a vital sign. Superb work from Dempsey and coworkersInvestigation of a UK biobank cohort reveals causal associations of self-reported walking pace with telomere length | Communications Biology Walking pace is a simple and functional form of movement and a strong predictor of health status, but the nature of its association... Continue Reading →
This study from Duan and coworkers. Bottom line: people with diabetes do not recover as rapidly following activity-- particularly following repetitive activity. It is yet more data to guide us in better dosing activity and predicting diabetic foot ulcers. The effects of different accumulated pressure-time integral stimuli on plantar blood flow in people with diabetes... Continue Reading →
A really thoughtful piece from Tanner Garrity in Inside Hook asks "Where does 10,000 steps really come from? Enjoy Welcome to The Workout From Home Diaries. Throughout our national self-isolation period, we’ll be sharing single-exercise deep dives, offbeat belly-busters and general get-off-the-couch inspiration that doesn’t require a visit to your (now-shuttered) local gym. Once a day,... Continue Reading →
