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J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1985 Jan;67(1):79-85. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.67B1.3968150.

Plantar pressure measurements and the prevention of ulceration in the diabetic foot.

The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume

T Duckworth, A J Boulton, R P Betts, C I Franks, J D Ward

PMID: 3968150 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.67B1.3968150

Abstract

Static and dynamic measurements of foot pressure have been carried out on three groups of subjects: diabetic patients with neuropathy (with and without a history of ulceration), diabetic patients with no neuropathy, and normal subjects as controls. In many cases both techniques of measurement detected areas of abnormally high pressure under the foot, but in some cases a particularly high-pressure spot was detected on only one of the tests and sometimes both methods were needed to reveal all the areas of the foot which might be considered to be at risk. The dynamic measurements tended to show multiple areas of high pressure better than the static measurements. Our results indicate the importance of making both types of measurement when seeking to devise suitable means of protecting the foot from ulceration.

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