Increased forefoot to rearfoot plantar pressure ratio in South Indian patients with diabetic foot ulceration [3]

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-397

  Viswanathan, V ^a   Sivagami, M ^a   Seena, R ^a   Snehalatha, C ^a   Ramachandran, A ^a   Veves, A ^b  

^a Diabetes Research Centre Tamil Nadu   (India)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT SOLE; FOREFOOT; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT MOBILITY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE; WALKING;

DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE;

EID: 1942455214     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01135.x     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Gujral JS, McNally BP, Malley O, Burden AC. Ethnic differences in the incidence of lower extremity amputation secondary to diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med 1993; 10: 271-274.
2. Toledano H, Young MJ, Veves A, Boulton AJM. Why do Asian diabetic patients have fewer foot ulcers than Caucasians? Diabet Med 1993; 10 (Suppl. 1): S38.
3. Van Schie CHM, Boulton AJM. Joint mobility and foot pressure measurements in Asian and Europid diabetic patients: clues for difference in foot ulcer prevalence. Diabetes 2000; Suppl. 1: A197.
4. Viswanathan V, Snehalatha C, Sivagami M, Seena R, Ramachandran A. Association of limited joint mobility and high plantar pressure in diabetic foot ulceration in Asian Indians. Diab Res Clin Prac 2003; 60: 57-61.
5. Young MJ, Veves A, Breddy JL, Boulton AJM. The prediction of diabetic neuropathic foot ulceration using vibration perception threshold: prospective study. Diabetes Care 1994; 17: 557-560.
6. Caselli A, Armstrong DG, Pham H, Veves A. The forefoot-to-rearfoot plantar pressure ratio is increased in severe diabetic neuropathy and can predict foot ulceration. Diabetes Care 2002; 25: 1066-1071.