The effectiveness of footwear and offloading interventions to prevent and heal foot ulcers and reduce plantar pressure in diabetes: a systematic review.

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Footwear and offloading techniques are commonly used in clinical practice for the prevention and treatment of foot ulcers in diabetes, but the evidence base to support this use is not well known. The goal of this review was to systematically assess the literature and to determine the available evidence on the use of footwear and offloading interventions for ulcer prevention, ulcer treatment, and plantar pressure reduction in the diabetic foot.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Diabetes Metab Res Rev

Title: Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN: 1520-7552

ISSN (Print): 1520-7552

Publication date (Electronic): 2008

Volume: 24 Suppl 1

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[1 ] Department of Rehabilitation, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. s.a.bus@amc.uva.nl

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DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.850

PubMed ID: 18442178

SO-VID: fd26064a-f3e1-4cfa-9ec3-64a7e75efefd

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