Clinical efficacy of therapeutic footwear with a rigid rocker sole in the prevention of recurrence in patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic polineuropathy: A randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Therapeutic footwear becomes the first treatment line in the prevention of diabetic foot ulcer and future complications of diabetes. Previous studies and the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot have described therapeutic footwear as a protective factor to reduce the risk of re-ulceration. In this study, we aimed to analyze the efficacy of a rigid rocker sole to reduce the recurrence rate of plantar ulcers in patients with diabetic foot.

Methods

Between June 2016 and December 2017, we conducted a randomized controlled trial in a specialized diabetic foot unit.

Participants and intervention

Fifty-one patients with diabetic neuropathy who had a recently healed plantar ulcer were randomized consecutively into the following two groups: therapeutic f

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Moral M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6623964 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature