Diabetic peripheral neuropathy and gait: Does footwear modify this association?

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1138-1146

  Grewal, Gurtej S ^a   Bharara, Manish ^a   Menzies, Robert ^b   Talal, Talal K ^b   Armstrong, David ^a   Najafi, Bijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Foot ulcer; Gait; Offloading; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; GAIT INITIATION; GAIT VARIABILITY; GAIT VELOCITY; HUMAN; KNEE; MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY; WALKER; WEARABLE SENSOR; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOES;

EID: 84900555641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681300700506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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