Intervention for Individuals with Neuropathic Feet

Diabetic patients with peripheral sensory neuropathy are at high risk for the development of foot uulcerations remain unnoticed in the absence of pain or "protective sensation" and often develop intothat can lead to amputation. Fifty to seventy percent of all lower extremity amputations are performdiabetes where distal neuropathy is considered a component cause. Despite repeated warnings to modifhabits, these patients will often ambulate without significant change that enables healing of lesionor complete insensitivity to pain is central to all forms of diabetic foot ulcerations, a method ofsensation" could serve to regulate activities that may complicate these kind of foot problems. Thisthe effect of a neuropathic foot protection system (NFPS) that provides sensation to a patient thatpressure patterns. Repeated clinical trials will measure the changes in foot pressure distribution aparameters that result from the NFPS intervention. Positive results of this investigation could poteincorporating the NFPS in treatment plans for the estimated 3 million people in the US with foot prodiabetes.