What's the difference between chiropody and podiatry?
Chiropody
Definition:
(n.) The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have assessed foot problems of, and chiropody provision for, 96 people aged 80 years and over who were living at home.
(2) At present the provision of chiropody for old people is inadequate and ways of improving foot care must be found.
(3) Chiropody is therefore the mainstay of treatment and recurrence is prevented by redistribution of weight bearing forces by moulded insoles in special footwear.
(4) Essential aspects of management are specially constructed shoes, intensive chiropody and precise antibiotic treatment.
(5) The prevalence of symmetrically impaired distal vibration perception was 23%, and 54% of patients either needed or were receiving chiropody.
(6) When combined with palpation of peripheral pulses most patients at risk of foot ulceration can be identified allowing targeting of preventive chiropody and orthotic resources.
(7) In conclusion, despite the interest of most practices in starting a diabetic clinic, access to dietetic and chiropody services was inadequate.
(8) Of the elderly people interviewed, most had received medical care in the previous two months, and chiropody was the commonest supportive service used.
(9) Private chiropody tended to be performed in the home and was more frequent than National Health Service (NHS) treatment.
(10) Access to dietetic and chiropody services on the premises was available in 19 (41%) and 17 (37%) practices, respectively.
(11) The provision of physiotherapy and chiropody services is essential, especially for the participants' complaints, two-thirds of which affected the axial skeleton.
(12) A prototype system, which has now been extended, has been operational for some time covering the chiropody and school nursing staff groups.
(13) Trivial injuries of the foot, wounds (chiropody), bacterial or mycotic infections often lead to tissue defects in the form of a perforating ulcer (in which neuropathy predominates) or of gangrene (in which angiopathy predominates).
(14) Of the 47 people receiving chiropody, two-thirds were being seen privately.
(15) Fifteen subjects needed but were not having chiropody.
(16) Few elderly Asians were aware of social services, such as meals on wheels, home helps, social workers, and particularly chiropody.
(17) The performance of a simple glass bead sterilizer designed for use with hand held instruments such as in chiropody surgeries was studied and found to be generally within specification.
(18) The feet of 259 new patients at a chiropody clinic were examined for tinea pedis, onychomycosis, and erythrasma: 23% of men and 4% of women were infected by dermatophytes, and the nails of seven males were infected by non-dermatophytes.
(19) These results suggest that callus may act as a foreign body elevating plantar pressures and that a significant reduction in pressure is achieved by local chiropody treatment.
(20) Chiropodial care was less readily available in 1990 with 17% of respondents (compared with 11%) reporting a complete lack in the clinic.
Podiatry
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The patient was referred to the podiatry department because of continued discomfort and the inability to run.
(2) These agents are employed in podiatry primarily for the purpose of prolonging the duration of anesthesia and surgical hemostasis.
(3) Demographic, physician referral patterns, and other pertinent summarized survey information of outpatient utilization at the Podiatry Clinic, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, Washington, are examined.
(4) "Laser Safety in Podiatry" will outline the safety measures in patient protection, operator protection, and supportive staff protection.
(5) Perhaps in the future laser onychology shall exist as a subspecialty to podiatry and dermatology, much as endodontics is to dentistry.
(6) An important new concept in pediatric podiatry is introduced: it is often possible to prevent major surgery in the adult by performing a minor procedure in the young child.
(7) During the last four decades, the average British foot has increased by two shoe sizes, the College of Podiatry said.
(8) "Feet are getting bigger because as a nation we are becoming taller and we're increasing in weight," said Lorraine Jones from the College of Podiatry.
(9) A questionnaire survey of 1277 students in colleges of liberal arts, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, and podiatry was undertaken in an effort to determine their knowledge and use of vision care services.
(10) Consultation with podiatry was requested in an effort to remit the severe lower extremity symptoms.
(11) All procedures were performed at The Podiatry Hospital of Pittsburgh.
(12) The coordinated expertise of a geriatrician, neurologist, cardiologist, and physiatrist were combined with resources in audiology, ophthalmology, and podiatry.
(13) There is a huge spectrum of community services, from children’s care to re-ablement, mental health support, falls prevention, podiatry, speech and language therapy, wound care, continence, dementia care and palliative care.
(14) Between January 1 and May 15, 1988, foot infections due to Mycobacterium chelonae subspecies abscessus were diagnosed in eight persons who had undergone invasive procedures at a podiatry office.
(15) This article discusses the manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of SLE as they relate to podiatry.
(16) An in-depth review of the procedure has been performed in 220 cases over the last 4 years at the Podiatry Hospital of Pittsburgh, and a study of 25 patients with over 15 months of follow-up is included.
(17) Since the first reported use of laser surgery in podiatry in 1980, a large number of laser surgery centers for treatment of foot and ankle disorders have appeared throughout the country.
(18) Presented is the first descriptive data on a large military Podiatry Clinic supporting largely combat troops.
(19) We report the results of a study of 40 consecutive conditions seen in 38 ambulatory diabetics at a municipal hospital podiatry clinic and a university hospital nephrology clinic.
(20) By bringing to bear services such as palliative care, podiatry, physiotherapy, dietetics, community dental services, and beyond, in smart integrated ways, it could be possible to transform the whole landscape of healthcare provision.