Abnormal Plantar Pressure in Patients With Diabetes

Wroclaw Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Complications

Treatments: Other: retrospective observational study with no intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03426566

ST 690

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence of abnormal plantar pressure distribution (APD) and its connection with various factors among patients with diabetes is not known. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of the APD and its connection with selected factors among patients with diabetes.

Full description

The abnormal plantar pressure distribution (APD) plays a key role in the formation of plantar calluses which are responsible for diabetic foot ulcer.

The knowledge of APD is necessary to plan proper prevention in the group of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Medical records from previous patients' visits of non-ulcer patients with diabetes were retrospectively analysed. The relationship between APD, obtained during a pedobarographic test as a semi-quantitative assessment with colourful print analysis, and neuropathy, gender, age and BMI was searched.

Enrollment: 974 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• subjects with diabetes mellitus diagnosis
• citizens
• no previous foot ulceration and/or foot surgery

Exclusion criteria

• previous foot ulceration and/or foot surgery

Trial design

974 participants in 1 patient group

patients with diabetes

Description:

Data from medical records from : non-ulcer patients with DM (diabetes mellitus) from the Diabetic Foot Centre (DFC) in Wroclaw. As it is a retrospective analysis no intervention is planned.

Treatment:

Other: retrospective observational study with no intervention