Plantar pressure measurement in diabetic foot disease: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/introduction

Patients with a healed diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) have a 40% risk of ulcer recurrence within a year. New and effective measures to prevent DFU recurrence are essential. We aimed to highlight emerging trends and future research opportunities in the use of plantar pressure measurement to prevent DFU recurrence.

Materials and methods

Our scoping review protocol was drafted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis - Scoping Review protocol. Peer-reviewed, English-language papers were included that addressed both plantar pressure measurement and diabetic foot disease, either as primary studies that have advanced the field or as review papers that provide summaries and/or opinion on the field as a whole, as well as specific pape

SUBMITTER: Lockhart M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292392 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature