Reducing dynamic foot pressures in high-risk diabetic subjects with foot ulcerations: A comparison of treatments

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 818-821

  Lavery, Lawrence A ^a,b   Vela, Steven A ^a   Lavery, David C ^c   Quebedeaux, Terri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mex Amer Med Treatm E   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WALKING AID;

EID: 0029848506     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.8.818     Document Type: Article

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