Diabetes and incorrectly fitting shoes
Open Access
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Practical Diabetes International
- Vol. 6 (1) , 16
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.1960060109
Abstract
Shoe size was checked in 70 diabetics and 50 general medical patients. Thirty‐seven percent of the diabetics were wearing tight shoes compared with 24% of general medical patients (P=0.05). The wearing of tight shoes was associated with callosities in those with diabetic neuropathy. Callosities were present in three out of the six patients with neuropathy who wore tight shoes, but in none of the 16 who wore correct shoes (P<0.05).Keywords
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