The prevention of diabetic foot ulceration: how biomechanical research informs clinical practice.
Frank E DiLiberto, Judith F Baumhauer, Deborah A Nawoczenski
PMID 27849290WHAT IT FOUND
No original findings are reported.
This narrative review discusses biomechanical theory and guidelines for preventing first-time diabetic foot ulcers, but it cannot change practice on its own.
What this paper is
This is a narrative review of diabetic foot ulcer prevention, covering biomechanical theory, current guidelines, weight-bearing activity, and dynamic foot function. It discusses other studies and offers clinical considerations, but it reports no original methods, participants, or results, so there is no new finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the review's advice on weight-bearing activity or foot exercises as proof that these prevent first-time diabetic foot ulcers. The article reports no original trial results.