Cost-effectiveness of In-shoe Pressure Measurement for Therapeutic Shoes

Launched by MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY · Feb 11, 2014

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ClinConnect Summary

For each patient two pairs of shoes will be produced by two shoemakers, one using plantar pressure measurements and one according current standard production procedures. The patient will wear one of these two pairs of shoes during a period of 3 months.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • diabetes
• • neuropathy
• • prescription of therapeutic footwear
• • diabetic foot ulcer in the last 5 years
• • receiving regular preventive foot care
• • written informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • peripheral arterial disease
• • not motivated to wear therapeutic footwear
• • active foot ulcer
• • recent vascular intervention
• • severe mobility impairment
• • amputation more proximal than toes, except a single ray amputation is allowed.
• • severe visual impairment
• • active cancer
• • severe cardiac/ pulmonary failure
• • severe oedema
• • chronic drug abuse
• • severe psychiatric illness
• • hospital admission at the time of inclusion
• • any condition that may interfere with follow-up visits.