Infrared dermal thermometry for the high-risk diabetic foot

Physical Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-177

  Armstrong, David G ^a   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a   Liswood, Paul J ^a   Todd, William F ^a   Tredwell, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Charcot's arthropathy; Diabetes mellitus; Foot; Neuropathy; Temperature; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031017104     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/77.2.169     Document Type: Article

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