A comparative study of the Podotrack, a simple semiquantitative plantar pressure measuring device, and the optical pedobarograph in the assessment of pressures under the diabetic foot

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-159

  Van Schie, C H M ^a   Abbott, C A ^a   Vileikyte, L ^a   Shaw, J E ^a   Hollis, S ^b   Boulton, A J M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Plantar pressure; Pressure measurement device; Risk for ulceration; Screening device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPUTERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEEL; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; OPTICS; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032748975     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.1999.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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