Evaluation and optimization of therapeutic footwear for neuropathic diabetic foot patients using in-shoe plantar pressure analysis

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1595-1600

  Bus, Sicco A ^a,b   Haspels, Rob ^b   Busch Westbroek, Tessa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TWENTEBORG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN ULCER; WALKING SPEED; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHOE;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SHOES;

EID: 80054688045     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-2206     Document Type: Article

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