Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, including an expanded section on running footwear and additional sports-specific recommendations, this updated, practical resource provides a concise and logical approach to prescribing footwear that will maxi
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Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine
Matthew B. Werd • E. Leslie Knight Paul R. Langer Editors
Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine Second Edition
Editors Matthew B. Werd Past President, American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine Chief of Podiatric Surgery, Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center Team Podiatrist, Florida Southern College Foot and Ankle Associates Lakeland, FL, USA
E. Leslie Knight (Deceased)
Paul R. Langer Adjunct Clinical Faculty University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Foreword
As the Preface to this second edition of Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine tells us the intent: is to provide sports medicine practitioners from all backgrounds and training—which include physicians (MD, DO, DPM, DC), athletic trainers (ATC), physical therapists (PT, DPT), researchers (MA, PhD), massage therapists (LMT), and anyone involved in the treatment of athletes, including members of the Independent Running Retailers Association (IRRA)—with an updated, contemporaneous, and practical book, which will help to optimize the care and performance of the athlete.
This goal is achieved. The book covers it all, from the complex science that underlies those underlayments found in many an athletic shoe of many athletes, the orthosis, to the aim of, as the authors say at the beginning of the chapter on
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