Title :
Gait analysis of diabetic foot
Author :
Ranu, Harcharan Singh
Author_Institution :
VA Med. Center, New York Univ. Med. Center, NY, USA
Abstract :
A 3-D Foot Print Device has been used to measure the plantar foot pressures for normal subjects and diabetic patients with neurotrophic ulcers. The results confirm that patients with peripheral neuropathy develop over 40% higher forefoot pressures when compared with normal subjects
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical measurement; legged locomotion; neurophysiology; pressure measurement; statistical analysis; 3-D Foot Print Device; diabetic foot; diabetic patients; forefoot pressures; gait analysis; neurotrophic ulcers; normal subjects; peripheral neuropathy; plantar foot pressures; Diabetes; Displays; Educational institutions; Foot; In vivo; Leg; Optical fiber sensors; Pathogens; Sampling methods; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 Fourteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Shreveport, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2083-2
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1995.514477
