2024-04-22 19:59:50
Diabetes damages the small blood vessels that supply nerves, leading to poor circulation and foot ulcers, or ulcers. About 1 in 3 people with diabetes will develop foot ulcers in their lifetime. In the United States alone, foot ulcers result in more than 160,000 lower limb amputations each year. We think so
every 30 seconds monastery a diabetic undergoes an amputation
of the lower limb due to his diabetes. In addition, these diabetic amputee patients are at a higher risk of death. As the prevalence of diabetes continues to increase, there is a need to develop new prevention interventions.
The lead author, Muthu BJ Wijesundara, a bioengineer at the University of Texas, recalls that “While there are many shoe insoles available to try to alleviate the problem of foot ulcers, they do little to prevent foot ulcers”.
At least that’s what the studies done on these devices show. “We wanted to push the research even further by creating an alternating pressure shoe insole
cyclic relief of pressure on different areas of the foot,
which provides rest periods for soft tissues and improves blood circulation. This approach aims to maintain skin and tissue health and in practice, significantly reduces the risk of diabetic foot ulcers.”
These data confirm the effectiveness of the device and announce the researchers the next step is to refine the technology to make it more accessible and better adapted to the weight and size of the patients.
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