Variability in activity may precede diabetic foot ulceration

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1980-1984

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b,c   Lavery, Lawrence A ^d   Holtz Neiderer, Katherine ^b   Mohler, Martha J ^b   Wendel, Christopher S ^b   Nixon, Brent P ^b   Boulton, Andrew J M ^c  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3342944929     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.8.1980     Document Type: Article

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