Custom-made in-shoe orthoses manufactured to incorporate both foot shape and barefoot plantar pressures may prevent foot-ulcer recurrence more effectively than do standard Medicare-reimbursed orthoses ...

BERLIN — Wearing pressure-sensing smart insoles (SurroSense Rx, Orpyx Medical Technologies) reduced diabetic foot ulcer recurrence by up to 86% in compliant patients in a randomized single-blinded ...

Podimetrics Publishes Landmark Study Demonstrating 97% Sensitivity in Predicting Emergence of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Five Weeks Prior to Clinical Presentation Early Detection Allows Clinicians to ...

Rotating your shoes can be a simple habit to help your foot health. This can be good for athletes and runners, but also those who experience diabetes-related neuropathy, foot ulcers, and people with ...

Sensor-assisted wound therapy can help support faster closure of plantar foot ulcers while maintaining a patient’s mobility, researchers reported in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

Background. A 61-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to a diabetic foot clinic 1 year after he injured his left foot in a slip injury. Examination showed collapse of the longitudinal ...

(HealthDay News) — Patient-specific orthoses manufactured on the basis of foot shape and barefoot plantar pressure are better compared to those manufactured only on the basis of foot shape and ...

Diabetic food ulcers are major risk factors for amputation. Successful treatment can cost tens of thousands of dollars. With limited access to care, these patients often present with advanced disease.

St. Louis, July 31, 2003 -- Some people with diabetes struggle with ulcers forming on the bottom of their feet; worse yet, many of these ulcers come back after treatment. A study at Washington ...

According to the pretrial memorandum of plaintiff Margaret Wilson, on Oct. 7, 2007, she presented to the office of Dr. Peter L. King, of Mercy Hospital in Philadelphia, with complaints of a plantar ...

Mr. J’s medical history included type 2 DM, DFU with osteomyelitis, obesity, hypothyroidism, and hyperlipidemia. Medications included insulin (Humulin 70/30) b.i.d., levothyroxine, pravastatin, ...