Applied felted foam for plantar pressure relief is an efficient therapy in neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 325-328

  Zimny, Stefan ^a   Meyer, M F ^a   Schatz, H ^a   Pfohl, M ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot ulcer; Felted foam; Healing time; Neuropathy; Pressure relief

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOAM; FOOT PAD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULCER HEALING;

COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036802846     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34988     Document Type: Article

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