Quality of Life in Healing Diabetic Wounds: Does the End Justify the Means?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 278-282

  Armstrong, David G ^a,b   Lavery, Lawrence A ^c   Wrobel, James S ^a   Vileikyte, Loretta ^b  

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

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; half shoe; neuropathic foot ulcer; pressure; quality of life; total contact cast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING;

CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 45949099627     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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