The Role of Limited Joint Mobility in Diabetic Patients with an At-Risk Foot

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 942-946

  Zimny, Stefan ^a,c   Schatz, Helmut ^b   Pfohl, Martin ^a  

^a Medizinische Klinik I   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842538022     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.4.942     Document Type: Article

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