- ►diabetesjournals.org DG Armstrong, LA Lavery, HR Kimbriel, BP Nixon, … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We enrolled 20 subjects treated for neuropathic diabetic
foot wounds corresponding to University of Texas grade 1 stage A. All were off-loaded using
a removable cast walker (RCW). We recorded the total activity (measured in activity steps ... Cited by 98 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org IA Katz, A Harlan, B Miranda-Palma, L Prieto- … - Diabetes Care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—The proportions of patients with ulcers that healed within 12 weeks in the iTCC and
TCC groups were 80 and 74%, respectively (94 and 93%, respectively, when patients who were
lost to follow-up were excluded). Survival analysis (healing rates) was statistically ... Cited by 85 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org DG Armstrong, LA Lavery, S Wu, AJM Boulton - Diabetes Care, 2005 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We randomly assigned 50 patients with University of
Texas grade 1A diabetic foot ulcerations into one of two off-loading treatment groups: an RCW
or the same RCW wrapped with a cohesive bandage (iTCC) so patients could not easily ... Cited by 76 - Related articles - All 6 versions
DG Armstrong, B Short, EH Espensen, … - Journal of the …, 2002 - Am Podiatric Med Assoc Total-contact casting has been called the gold standard modality in off-loading the diabetic
foot.1 Without question, it is as effective as any other existing therapeutic treatment in off-loading
the foot.2 Armstrong et al3 recently published results of the first randomized controlled ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
DG Armstrong, HC Nguyen, LA Lavery, CHM van Schie … - Diabetes Care, 2001 - cat.inist.fr OBJECTIVE- To compare the effectiveness of total-contact casts(TCCs), removable cast
walkers(RCWs), and half-shoes to heal neuropathic foot ulcerations in individuals with
diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS- In this prospective clinical trial, 63 ... Cited by 234 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
LA Lavery, SA Vela, DC Lavery, TL Quebedeaux - Diabetes Care, 1996 - Am Diabetes Assoc OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of total contact casts, commercially available therapeutic
shoes, and removable walking casts to reduce mean peak plantar foot pressures at the site of
neuropathic ulcerations in diabetic subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We ... Cited by 115 - Related articles - All 5 versions
A Piaggesi, P Viacava, L Rizzo, G Naccarato, F … - Diabetes Care, 2003 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Patients in group B showed a marked reduction in ulcer size after 20 days of casting
(P < 0.01). The histopathological features of the two groups markedly differed. Group A patients
showed a predominance of inflammatory elements as well as matrix alterations, vessel ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
RJ Hissink, HA Manning, JG Van Baal - Foot & ankle international/ …, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov INTRODUCTION: Total Contact Casting (TCC) is considered the gold standard in the treatment
of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers. To overcome some disadvantages of TCC we developed
a removable fiberglass combicast shoe--the MABAL shoe. PATIENTS AND METHODS: ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
MJ Mueller, JE Diamond, DR Sinacore, A Delitto, … - Diabetes Care, 1989 - Am Diabetes Assoc This study compared the treatment of total contact casting (TCC) with traditional dressing treatment
(TDT) in the management of diabetic plantar ulcers. Forty patients with diabetes mellitus and
a plantar ulcer but with no gross infection, osteomyelitis, or gangrene were randomly ... Cited by 183 - Related articles - All 4 versions
S Zimny, H Schatz, U Pfohl - Diabetic Medicine, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com Materials and methods A total of 54 Type 1 or Type 2 diabetic patients with neuropathic diabetic
foot ulcers were evaluated in this prospective randomized controlled study. Ulcer healing was
assessed by planimetric measurement of the wound area at beginning of the study and ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
