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Zoltan Pataky1, Lara Allet2, Alain Golay2
1Service d'enseignement thérapeutique pour maladies chroniques. Centre collaborateur de l'OMS Département de médecine communautaire, de premier recours et des urgences HUG, 1211 Genève. zoltan.pataky@hcuge.ch
Abstract:
Lower limb amputations in patients with diabetes are still a huge public health problem. Despite of our knowledge and advanced technical tools, the incidence of amputations and they relapses remain very high and inacceptable. A key role in primary and secondary prevention of amputations is the foot off-loading. We dispose different off-loading devices and techniques which are efficient on short term. However, knowledge about its long term efficacy is missing. In this article, we review different methods of foot off-loading. We also describe a new method for diabetic foot off-loading based on the biofeedback technique we recently developed.
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