The importance of clinical biomechanical assessment of foot deformity and joint mobility in people living with type-2 diabetes within a primary care setting

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Formosa, Cynthia ^a   Gatt, Alfred ^a   Chockalingam, Nachiappan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Foot deformity; Foot type; Hallux limitus; Hallux valgus; Hammer claw toes; Pes cavus; Pes planus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALLOSITY; CALLUS; CLAWTOE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HALLUX VALGUS; HAMMER TOE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; METATARSAL BONE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SHOE; TOE MALFORMATION;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT JOINTS; FOOT ORTHOSES; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALTA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOES;

EID: 84875246826     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: 18780210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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