Open AccessThe effectiveness of using in‐shoe plantar pressure assessment and monitoring in prescription therapeutic footwear to prevent plantar foot ulcer recurrence in diabetic patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Bus Sicco A,
Arts Mark LJ,
Waaijman Roelof,
Haart Mirjam,
BuschWestbroek Tessa,
Baal Sjef G,
Nollet Frans
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of foot and ankle research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.763
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1757-1146
DOI - 10.1186/1757-1146-5-s1-o11
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , plantar pressure , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , randomized controlled trial , rehabilitation , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , diabetes mellitus , surgery , pressure sensor , thermodynamics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , pharmacology , endocrinology
Background Diabetic patients at high risk for foot ulceration are often prescribed with custom-made therapeutic footwear. However, the evidence base to support the use of this footwear for ulcer prevention is still meagre [1]. The lack of offloading efficacy may play a role in this. In-shoe plantar pressure assessment is a valuable tool for evaluating footwear and guiding modifications to optimize the footwear’s offloading properties [2]. The aim of this multicenter randomized trial was to assess the effectiveness of this approach and long-term pressure monitoring in prescription footwear to prevent plantar foot ulcer recurrence in neuropathic diabetic patients.