Optimizing the offloading properties of the total contact cast for plantar foot ulceration

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-185

  Burns, J ^a,b   Begg, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot ulcer; Plantar pressure; Total contact cast; Unloading; Wound

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLANTAR ULCER; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SHOE; TOTAL CONTACT CAST; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SHOES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78651073631     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03135.x     Document Type: Article

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