TY - GEN
T1 - Barefoot and In-shoe plantar pressure in a portuguese sample of diabetic patients
T2 - 4th International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2021
AU - Sousa, Liliana B.
AU - Bernardes, Rafael A.
AU - Almeida, Inês
AU - Ventura, Filipa
AU - Silva, Rosa
AU - Apóstolo, João
AU - Baptista, Rui
AU - Salgueiro-Oliveira, Anabela
AU - Parreira, Pedro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered a metabolic chronic disease and global epidemic incidence in all age groups. One of the most common and severe complications of DM is diabetic foot ulceration (DFU), resulting in a high number of prolonged hospitalizations and limb amputations. Plantar pressure is considered an important predictor of the DFU development, along with contralateral temperature, shear forces, humidity and skin resistance. Objective: Characterization of barefoot and in-shoe plantar pressure in a sample of diabetic patients. Method: Observational cross-sectional quantitative study with 58 participants, aged between 28 and 84 years, diagnosed with DM. Relevant demographic and clinical data, as well as plantar pressure values were collected. Results: The mean values of barefoot (EMED) and in-shoe (PEDAR) plantar pressure evaluation showed increased values, with the majority of the sample having values above the proposed thresholds. Conclusion: In general, high plantar pressure values were identified, drawing attention to the need of prevention policies and the follow-up of this patients in primary health care. New solutions might also include the development of innovative footwear, innovative footwear that aims to reduce plantar pressure in critical regions of the foot, but also than enables the monitoring of plantar pressure values.
AB - Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered a metabolic chronic disease and global epidemic incidence in all age groups. One of the most common and severe complications of DM is diabetic foot ulceration (DFU), resulting in a high number of prolonged hospitalizations and limb amputations. Plantar pressure is considered an important predictor of the DFU development, along with contralateral temperature, shear forces, humidity and skin resistance. Objective: Characterization of barefoot and in-shoe plantar pressure in a sample of diabetic patients. Method: Observational cross-sectional quantitative study with 58 participants, aged between 28 and 84 years, diagnosed with DM. Relevant demographic and clinical data, as well as plantar pressure values were collected. Results: The mean values of barefoot (EMED) and in-shoe (PEDAR) plantar pressure evaluation showed increased values, with the majority of the sample having values above the proposed thresholds. Conclusion: In general, high plantar pressure values were identified, drawing attention to the need of prevention policies and the follow-up of this patients in primary health care. New solutions might also include the development of innovative footwear, innovative footwear that aims to reduce plantar pressure in critical regions of the foot, but also than enables the monitoring of plantar pressure values.
KW - Diabetes mellitus
KW - Diabetic foot ulceration
KW - Plantar pressure
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-97524-1_24
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-97524-1_24
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85127879743
SN - 9783030975234
T3 - Lecture Notes in Bioengineering
SP - 257
EP - 266
BT - Gerontechnology IV - Contributions to the 4th International Workshop on Gerontechnology, IWoG 2021
A2 - García-Alonso, José
A2 - Fonseca, César
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 23 November 2021 through 24 November 2021
ER -
