appui pulpaire

English translation: toe-ground contact

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French term or phrase:appui pulpaire
English translation:toe-ground contact
Entered by: Marcia Liddle BA(Hons), MA, ACIL

13:48 Oct 28, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Instruments / Orthopaedic surgery
French term or phrase: appui pulpaire
Hello,

I'm trying to figure out what "l’appui
pulpaire" means in the following sentence.

Protocole post-opératoire habituel de la chirurgie de l’avant-pied selon les habitudes et usages. Il est important de contrôler l’appui pulpaire.

The sentence is from an instruction manual for an interphalangeal joint implant under the postop protocol section. Toe pulp support? Is this something to do with the toe pulp coming into contact with the floor?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Marcia Liddle BA(Hons), MA, ACIL
Local time: 10:49
toe pulp contact
Explanation:
Source: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y25pw66340538737/

ENG: "Functional dissatisfaction rate (18% vs.17.4%) and toe pulp contact defect (12% vs. 8.7%) were not significantly different in the two groups."

FRE: "Le taux d’insatisfaction est de 18% (vs 17,4%) et le défaut d’appui pulpaire du gros orteil de 12% (vs 8,7%), ces taux ne sont pas significativement différents dans les deux groupes."
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Chris Hall
Local time: 10:49
Grading comment
Thanks Chris! I'm going to go with SJLD's toe-ground contact as I think this is the correct term in the context of postop forefoot surgery management.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Toe pulp weight bearing (weight-bearing on the pulp of toes)
Drmanu49
4 +1toe pulp contact
Chris Hall
Summary of reference entries provided
toe ground contact in forefoot surgery
SJLD

Discussion entries: 6





  

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toe pulp contact


Explanation:
Source: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y25pw66340538737/

ENG: "Functional dissatisfaction rate (18% vs.17.4%) and toe pulp contact defect (12% vs. 8.7%) were not significantly different in the two groups."

FRE: "Le taux d’insatisfaction est de 18% (vs 17,4%) et le défaut d’appui pulpaire du gros orteil de 12% (vs 8,7%), ces taux ne sont pas significativement différents dans les deux groupes."

Chris Hall
Local time: 10:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Chris! I'm going to go with SJLD's toe-ground contact as I think this is the correct term in the context of postop forefoot surgery management.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  SJLD: or rather toe-ground contact - this is not about weight-bearing
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks SJLD - much appreciated. Kind regards, Chris.
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Toe pulp weight bearing (weight-bearing on the pulp of toes)


Explanation:
contact with the deeper layers and a dark imprint is produced. Photographs-Some .... The footprint shows weight-bearing on the pulp of the big toe with even distribution .... joint of the great toe. Journal. ofBone and Joint Surgery, ...
www.jbjs.org.uk/cgi/reprint/57-B/4/478.pdf

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The position of the weight-bearing hallux was measured with reference to the .... are amenable to shoe alteration, but the toe pulp symptoms are usually ...
rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/15/3/143.pdf -

bearing on the pulp of the great toe, and the other rays (4). In the horizontal plane, it is essential, in order to preserve the weight bearing function of ...
www.actaorthopaedica.be/acta/.../12-Jarde et al.pdf



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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2009-10-29 17:44:52 GMT) Post-grading
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This is definitely about weight bearing otherwise the word would have been contact in French. Ask any orthopedic surgeon!

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 11:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 326
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, weight-bearing on the toe pulp! Thank-you so much!!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Hall: so you would translate "appui" as "weight bearing"?
6 mins
  -> Yes definitely in this case Chris.

agree  Jean-Louis S.
26 mins
  -> Thank you.
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): -1
Reference: toe ground contact in forefoot surgery

Reference information:
Forefoot reconstruction - Google Books Resultby Louis Samuel Barouk - 2005 - Medical - 388 pages
Impaired MTP joint: joint Preservative Surgery Moderate impairment of the MTP joint, with correct great toe ground contact. In this case, the correction of ...
books.google.lu/books?isbn=2287252517... -
Preoperative Management III. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT IN FOREFOOT ...Decrease or loss of toe ground contact, also pointed out by the Bristol test. ..... 8) Decision-making in forefoot surgery with severe trophic troubles. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/w877v5371m4xm571.pdf - Similar -
Postoperative Managementforefoot surgery (moderate hallux valgus correc- ... Tiptoes and training of toe ground contact (after one postoperative month). dicated. ...
www.springerlink.com/index/q542x4n836123hj8.pdf -

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http://books.google.lu/books?id=2ydBJDslXNYC&pg=PA205&lpg=PA...

SJLD
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
disagree  Drmanu49: contact is NOT appui as you should know. Ask any orthopedic surgeon.
1 day 1 hr
  -> and weightbearing is "en charge"
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