Simplified method of plantigrafia for assessing the feet of diabetic patients

Beatriz Bertolaccini Martínez,Adriana Tereza Da Silva,Silvia Mara Tasso,Márcio Emílio Cruz Vono Azevedo,Roberto Ribeiro Rocha,Marcos Mesquita Filho

doi:10.1186/1758-5996-7-s1-a248

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Background The complications in the feet of diabetic patients are an important cause of morbidity and generate high economic cost to health systems. This includes high rates of amputations and hospitalizations and leads to reduction of work capacity of people still of working age. This also alters the quality of life of these patients. The wounds on the feet reach approximately 15% of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) throughout life in Brazil. High plantar pressure is a proven risk factor for ulceration among individuals with DM. The photopodoscopia is one of the tools used in screening for high plantar pressure among these subjects. However, an examination photopodoscopy is not accurately demonstrates the high pressure area and there is no specific computer program to analyze the image plant.

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The complications in the feet of diabetic patients are an important cause of morbidity and generate high economic cost to health systems
The wounds on the feet reach approximately 15% of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) throughout life in Brazil
The photopodoscopia is one of the tools used in screening for high plantar pressure among these subjects

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The complications in the feet of diabetic patients are an important cause of morbidity and generate high economic cost to health systems. Simplified method of plantigrafia for assessing the feet of diabetic patients Beatriz Bertolaccini Martínez*, Silvia Mara Tasso, Adriana Tereza da Silva, Márcio Emílio Cruz Vono Azevedo, Roberto Ribeiro Rocha, Marcos Mesquita Filho From 20th Brazilian Diabetes Society Congress Porto Alegre, Brazil. Background The complications in the feet of diabetic patients are an important cause of morbidity and generate high economic cost to health systems. This includes high rates of amputations and hospitalizations and leads to reduction of work capacity of people still of working age.

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