Effectiveness of offloading interventions to heal foot ulcers in persons with diabetes: a systematic review

PA Lazzarini, G Jarl, C Gooday… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Offloading interventions are commonly used in clinical practice to heal foot
ulcers. The aim of this updated systematic review is to investigate the effectiveness of …

Effectiveness of offloading interventions for people with diabetes‐related foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

PA Lazzarini, DG Armstrong, RT Crews… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Offloading treatment is crucial to heal diabetes‐related foot ulcers (DFU). This
systematic review aimed to assess the effectiveness of offloading interventions for people …

Guidelines on offloading foot ulcers in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update)

SA Bus, DG Armstrong, C Gooday… - Diabetes/metabolism …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) has published
evidence‐based guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetic foot disease …

[HTML][HTML] Furnishing wound repair by the subcutaneous fascia

D Jiang, Y Rinkevich - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mammals rapidly heal wounds through fibrous connective tissue build up and tissue
contraction. Recent findings from mouse attribute wound healing to physical mobilization of …

[HTML][HTML] Knee-high devices are gold in closing the foot ulcer gap: a review of offloading treatments to heal diabetic foot ulcers

PA Lazzarini, G Jarl - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are a leading cause of the global disease burden. Most DFUs are
caused, and prolonged, by high plantar tissue stress under the insensate foot of a person …

Surgical offloading techniques should be used more often and earlier in treating forefoot diabetic ulcers: an evidence-based review

K Yammine, C Assi - The international journal of lower …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Conservative treatment is the basis for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) management, whereas
surgical treatment is usually reserved for patients with failed, recurrent, or nonresponsive …

Minimally invasive distal metatarsal diaphyseal osteotomy (MIS-DMDO) for the prevention and treatment of chronic plantar diabetic foot ulcers

C Biz, E Belluzzi, A Rossin, F Mori… - Foot & Ankle …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Diabetic foot is one of the major complications of diabetes, affecting 15% of
patients with diabetes. This study aims to evaluate and compare the clinical and …

Flexor tenotomy improves healing and prevention of diabetes-related toe ulcers: a systematic review

DR Bonanno, EJ Gillies - The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Toe deformities are common in people with diabetes and are often associated with toe
ulcers. Operative procedures have been used to reduce toe deformities, because these …

Offloading systems for the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials for the development of …

C Gauna, F Romeo, A Scatena, C Miranda, L Uccioli… - Acta Diabetologica, 2024 - Springer
Aim To compare the effectiveness of commonly used offloading devices for the treatment of
neuropathic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus. This meta-analysis (MA) has been …

Immediate effects of weight-bearing calf stretching on ankle dorsiflexion range of motion and plantar pressure during gait in patients with diabetes mellitus

N Maeshige, M Uemura, Y Hirasawa… - … Journal of Lower …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
High plantar pressure is a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers, and it is known that restriction of
ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) causes high plantar pressure. Stretching is a non …