Activity patterns of patients with diabetic foot ulceration: Patients with active ulceration may not adhere to a standard pressure off-loading regimen

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2595-2597

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b   Lavery, Lawrence A ^c   Kimbriel, Heather R ^a   Nixon, Brent P ^a   Boulton, Andrew J M ^b,d  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTER CAST; REMOVABLE CAST WALKER; WOUND HEALING;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; WALKERS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0042035608     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.9.2595     Document Type: Article

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