Rehabilitation for people wearing offloading devices for diabetes-related foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Offloading devices improve healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers (DFUs) but they can limit mobilisation. Rehabilitation during or after removal of these devices may promote physical activity in a population at risk of poor health outcomes for which inactivity is a reversible risk factor.

Methods

This systematic review examined the effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions to promote physical activity during and/or after wearing an offloading device to treat diabetes-related foot ulcers. Searches using MESH terms and free-text combinations: 'foot ulcer', 'diabetic foot', 'casts, surgical', 'orthotic devices' were applied to MEDLINE, Embase, The Cochrane Library and clinical trial registers for randomised and observational studies published to September 2022.

SUBMITTER: Jones K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039553 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature