AIMS Gangrene and amputation are among most feared complications of diabetes mellitus. Early detection of patients at high risk for foot ulceration can prevent foot complications. Regular foot screening (medical history, foot examination and classification into risk groups) was introduced at the out-patient diabetes clinic in Ljubljana in November 1996. We aimed to explore the relationships bet...

Objective: Potential pain relief from foot pain can come from a shoe insert foot orthotic. This study assessed foot pressure distribution and balance in off the shelf foot orthotics versus a custom made foot orthotic compared to no orthotic. Methods: The subjects (8) were both men and women. The average age was 25.1 ± 2.8 years, the average weight was 68.8 ± 13.7 kg, and BMI 24.5 ± 6.4. Each pa...

Diabetic foot problems are not very glamorous. Nevertheless, the diabetic foot is the most common complication of diabetes, greater than retinopathy, nephropathy, heart attack and stroke combined. Throughout the world, foot lesions and foot infections are the leading causes of hospitalization and prolonged hospital stays for diabetics. Diabetic foot ulceration is the result of trauma to an inse...

Foot orthoses are prescribed to improve posture in the foot and ankle. The decade of the 1980s witnessed the widespread use of foot orthoses in an attempt to produce relief of a variety of symptoms in the foot and leg and pathologies due to hindfoot and/or forefoot malalignments. While it is documented that many overuse injuries of the lower limb can be relieved with the use of foot orthoses, i...

Background Diabetic foot complications are acknowledged as the leading cause of amputation and diabetes-related hospitalisation. Podiatry-led multi-disciplinary clinics are recognised as important strategies to improve diabetic foot outcomes. Data suggests diabetic foot complications are increasing at a faster rate than diabetes is being diagnosed. A reliable, competent workforce is urgently re...

BACKGROUND Foot ulceration is a major health problem for people with diabetes. To minimise the risk of ulceration, patients are advised to perform preventive foot self-care. AIM To explore beliefs about diabetic foot complications and everyday foot self-care practices among people with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative study using one-to-one interviews. SETTING A suburban prima...

Deviations from normal foot structure are thought to result in hyper or hypo mobility preventing the foot from providing sufficient stability or mobility at appropriate times during the stance phase of gait. Such deviations in foot structure are often suggested as a risk factor for the development of common foot and ankle injuries. Though foot structure is believed to influence function its eff...

The need for simulation of human foot mechanism has made researchers and engineers move towards different patterns to describe this movement. In this regard, optimal solutions such as energy consumption, accuracy, etc. are of utmost importance. In this paper, efforts have been made to present a new solution by designing a fully two-dimensional six-bar mechanism with one degree of freedom so tha...