Users' needs and expectations and the design of a new custom-made indoor footwear solution for people with diabetes at risk of foot ulceration

CONCLUSIONS: People with diabetes at risk of foot ulceration expressed a clear need for custom-made indoor footwear, and expected such footwear to increase their adherence. Our indoor footwear design provides adequate pressure relief, with better usability, and can be produced at lower costs compared to regular custom-made footwear.Implications for rehabilitationPeople with diabetes at risk of foot ulceration express a need for special indoor footwear.We developed indoor footwear with similar offloading capacity as regular custom-made footwear.The indoor footwear is lighter in weight, easier to don/doff and lower in costs.At-risk people with diabetes expect this footwear to increase their footwear adherence.PMID:34846977 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2021.2003878

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - November 30, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Renske Keukenkamp Jaap J van Netten Tessa E Busch-Westbroek Frans Nollet Sicco A Bus Source Type: research