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Infected puncture wounds in diabetic and nondiabetic adultsL A Lavery
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284, USA
Diabetes Care 18:1588-91. 1995..To evaluate bone and soft tissue pathogens resulting from puncture wounds among diabetic and nondiabetic adults...
Increased foot pressures after great toe amputation in diabetesL A Lavery
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA
Diabetes Care 18:1460-2. 1995..To compare peak pressures on the sole of the foot in non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients with isolated, unilateral amputations of the great toe and first metatarsal with the patients' contralateral, intact foot...
Reducing dynamic foot pressures in high-risk diabetic subjects with foot ulcerations. A comparison of treatmentsL A Lavery
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284, USA
Diabetes Care 19:818-21. 1996..To compare the effectiveness of total contact casts, commercially available therapeutic shoes, and removable walking casts to reduce mean peak plantar foot pressures at the site of neuropathic ulcerations in diabetic subjects...
Reducing plantar pressure in the neuropathic foot. A comparison of footwearL A Lavery
Department of Orthopedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284 7776, USA
Diabetes Care 20:1706-10. 1997..To compare the effectiveness of therapeutic, comfort, and athletic shoes with and without viscoelastic insoles...
Practical criteria for screening patients at high risk for diabetic foot ulcerationL A Lavery
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA
Arch Intern Med 158:157-62. 1998..A comprehensive understanding of clinical risk factors for developing foot ulcerations would help clinicians to categorize patients by their risk status and schedule intervention resources accordingly to prevent amputation...
Peak foot pressures influence the healing time of diabetic foot ulcers treated with total contact castsD G Armstrong
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 35:1-5. 1998..2 +/- 26.2 vs. 29.9 +/- 10.6 days, P = 0.02). We conclude that subjects with high plantar pressures and wounds greater than 8 cm2 took significantly longer to heal when uniformly treated with TCC...
Validation of a diabetic wound classification system. The contribution of depth, infection, and ischemia to risk of amputationD G Armstrong
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 7703, USA
Diabetes Care 21:855-9. 1998..To validate a wound classification instrument that includes assessment of depth, infection, and ischemia based on the eventual outcome of the wound...
Functional status of persons with diabetes-related lower-extremity amputationsE J Peters
Department of Orthopedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Diabetes Care 24:1799-804. 2001..The objective of this study was to evaluate amputations among diabetic patients and to determine the functional level of these patients with the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)...
Monitoring healing of acute Charcot's arthropathy with infrared dermal thermometryD G Armstrong
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284 7776, USA
J Rehabil Res Dev 34:317-21. 1997..Temperatures decreased in a predictable manner as acute arthropathy resolved. Additionally, increased temperature gradients may be predictive of future ulceration...
Elevated peak plantar pressures in patients who have Charcot arthropathyD G Armstrong
Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284 7776, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 80:365-9. 1998..Although the midfoot was the site of maximum involvement in all patients who had Charcot arthropathy, the peak plantar pressure was on the forefoot, suggesting that the forefoot may function as a lever, forcing collapse in the midfoot...
Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy: lower-extremity wound healing and the diabetic footR P Wunderlich
Diabetex Foot Care Center, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
Diabetes Care 23:1551-5. 2000..To document peer-reviewed medical publications that have reported on hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy as an adjunct to standard lower-extremity wound care, focusing on publications dealing with the diabetic foot...
Reliability of digital videometry and acetate tracing in measuring the surface area of cutaneous woundsR P Wunderlich
Department of Orthopaedics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 10022 Tezel Road, San Antonio, TX 78250, USA
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 49:87-92. 2000..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of digital videometry and acetate tracing in the measurement of cutaneous wound area...
Electric stimulation as an adjunct to heal diabetic foot ulcers: a randomized clinical trialE J Peters
Mexican American Medical Treatment Effectiveness Research Center, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 82:721-5. 2001..32, p = .038). There was no significant difference in compliance between the 2 groups. CONCLUSION: Electric simulation enhances wound healing when used in conjunction with appropriate off-loading and local wound care...
