Effectiveness and safety of using podikon digital silicone padding in the primary prevention of neuropathic lesions in the forefoot of diabetic patients

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-34

  Scirè, Vincenzo ^a   Leporati, Elisa ^a   Teobaldi, Llaria ^a   Nobili, Laura Ambrosini ^a   Rizzo, Loredana ^a   Piaggesi, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849107707     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/0980028     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. BOULTON AJ, VLLEIKYTE L, RAGNARSON- TENNVALL G, ET AL: The global burden of diabetic foot disease. Lancet 366: 1719, 2005.
2. WILD S, ROGLIC G, GREEN A, et al: Prevalence of diabetes: estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030. Diabetes Care 27: 1047, 2004.
3. LITZELMAN D K, MARRIOT D J, VINICOR F: Independent physiological predictors of foot lesions in patients with NIDDM. Diabetes Care 20: 1273, 1997.
4. FRYKBERG R G, LAVERY LA, PHAM H, et al: Role of neuropathy and high foot pressures in diabetic foot ulceration. Diabetes Care 21: 1714, 1998.
5. BOULTON A J: Clinical presentation and management of diabetic neuropathy and foot ulceration. Diabet Med 8: 552, 1991.
6. SANDERS J E, GREVE J M, MITCHELL SB, et al: Material properties of commonly-used interface materials and their static coefficients of friction with skin and socks. J Re- habil Res Dev 35: 161, 1998.
7. LEWIS LN, COLBORN RE, GRADE H, et al: Mechanism of formation of platinum complexes containing silicon-vinyl ligands. Organometallics 14: 2202, 1995.
8. BUS S A, MAAS M, DE LANGE A, ET AL: Elevated plantar pressures in neuropathic diabetic patients with claw/ hammer toe deformity. J Biomech 38: 1918, 2005.
9. BUS S A, ULBRECHT J S, CAVANAGH PR: Pressure relief and load redistribution by custom-made insoles in diabetic patients with neuropathy and foot deformity. Clin Biomech 19: 629, 2004.
10. PIAGGESI A, ROMANELLI M, SCHIPANI E, ET AL: Hardness of plantar skin in diabetic neuropathic feet. J Diabetes Complications 13: 129, 1999.
11. APELQVIST J, BAKKER K, VAN HOUTUM WH, et al: International consensus and practical guidelines on the management and the prevention of the diabetic foot. International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 16 (suppl 1): S84, 2000.
12. MUELLER M J, HASTINGS M, COMMEAN P K, et al: Forefoot structural predictors of plantar pressures during walking in people with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. J Biomech 36: 1009, 2003.
13. BUS SA, MAAS M, CAVANAGH PR, et al: Plantar fat-pad displacement in neuropathic diabetic patients with toe deformity: a magnetic resonance imaging study. Diabetes Care 27: 2376, 2004.
14. MCNEELY M J, BOYKO E J, AHRONI J H, et al: The independent contributions of diabetic neuropathy and vasculopa- thy in foot ulceration. How great are the risks? Diabetes Care 18: 216, 1995.
15. MURRAY H J, YOUNG M J, HOLLIS S, et al: The association between callus formation, high pressures and neuropathy in diabetic foot ulceration. Diabet Med 13: 979, 1996.
16. PROMPERS L, HUIJBERTS M, APELQVIST J, ET AL: High prevalence of ischaemia, infection and serious comorbidity in patients with diabetic foot disease in Europe. Base- line results from the Eurodiale study. Diabetologia 50: 18, 2007.
17. FREEMAN DB: Corns and calluses resulting from mechanical hyperkeratosis. Am Fam Physician 65: 2277, 2002.
18. ARMSTRONG D G, LAVERY LA, NIXON BP, ET AL: It's not what you put on, but what you take off: techniques for de- briding and off-loading the diabetic foot wound. Clin Infect Dis 39 (Suppl 2): S92, 2004.
19. PIAGGESI A, VIACAVA P, RIZZO L, et al: Semiquantitative analysis of the histopathological features of the neuropathic foot ulcer: effect of pressure relief. Diabetes Care 26: 3123, 2003.
20. CARAVAGGI C, FAGLIA E, DE GIGLIO R, et al: Effectiveness and safety of a nonremovable fiberglass off-bearing cast versus a therapeutic shoe in the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers. Diabetes Care 23: 1746, 2000.
21. ARMSTRONG DG, NGYUGEN HC, LAVERY LA, et al: Off-loading the diabetic foot wound: a randomized clinical trial. Diabetes Care 24: 1019, 2001.
22. MUELLER M J, LOTT D J, HASTINGS M K, et al: Efficacy and mechanism of orthotic devices to unload metatarsal heads in people with diabetes and a history of plantar ulcers. Phys Ther 86: 833, 2006.
23. ARMSTRONG D G, LAVERY LA, KIMBRIEL HR, ET AL: Activity patterns of patients with diabetic foot ulceration. Patients with active ulceration may not adhere to a standard pressure off-loading regimen. Diabetes Care 26: 2595, 2003.