Evaluation of the use of therapeutic footwear in people with diabetes mellitus – a scoping review | Zendy

Juliana Vallim Jorgetto | Zendy; Mônica Antar Gamba | Zendy; Denise Miyuki Kusahara | Zendy

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Evaluation of the use of therapeutic footwear in people with diabetes mellitus – a scoping review

Author(s) -

Juliana Vallim Jorgetto,

Mônica Antar Gamba,

Denise Miyuki Kusahara

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619

H-Index - 33

ISSN - 2251-6581

DOI - 10.1007/s40200-019-00428-9

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , diabetic foot , foot (prosody) , diabetic neuropathy , physical therapy , complication , intensive care medicine , disease , scopus , systematic review , medline , surgery , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , political science , law

Foot ulcers are one of the major complications of Diabetes Mellitus and are associated with increasing rates of morbidity and mortality. It is estimated that 2% of diabetic patients present lesions in the feet, with relapse rates between 30% and 40% in the first year after healing of the first ulcerations. Therapeutic footwear is one of the main strategies to prevent foot ulceration.

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