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RESPONSES / COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL) - PART 3B

05/05/2012     




RE: Recent Research Confirms Therapeutic Effect of Foot Orthoses for Anterior Knee Pain (Jeffrey Root)
From: Dennis Shavelson, DPM

Mr. Root: The fact that “Kevin Kirby is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world when it comes to research related to foot orthotic therapy” makes his evidentiary suggestions powerful here on PM News. I was not questioning "the methodology of the study” as you suggest; rather I was questioning Dr. Kirby’s exaggerations when calling it “recent and significant.” As one who follows the biomechanical literature and Dr. Kirby’s suggestions closely, I cannot count on one hand recent additions to the biomechanical literature that have direct clinical EBM application or that prove or disprove any current theory of biomechanics, thereby making them significant.
 
To that end, Kevin, can you name and list 4-5 recent, significant high-level articles that either have clinical validity or applicability as per “The Levels of EBM”, or ones that prove or disprove any of the modern theories of biomechanics?

Dennis Shavelson, DPM, NY, NY, drsha@foothelpers.com