Characterizing multisegment foot kinematics during gait in diabetic foot patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has reached epidemic proportions, this condition may result in multiple and chronic invalidating long term complications. Among these, the diabetic foot, is determined by the simultaneous presence of both peripheral neuropathy and vasculopathy that alter the biomechanics of the foot with the formation of callosity and ulcerations. To diagnose and treat the diabetic foot is crucial to understand the foot complex kinematics. Most of gait analysis protocols represent the entire foot as a rigid body connected to the shank. Nevertheless the existing multisegment models cannot completely decipher the impairments associated with the diabetic foot.

Methods

A four segment foot and ankle model for assessing the kinematics of the diabetic

SUBMITTER: Sawacha Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2775023 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature