Special diabetic foot disease issue in DMRR Journal

loading… Every four years, a special issue on diabetic foot disease is published in the high ranking peer-reviewed journal Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews (DMRR). This special issue follows the International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot (ISDF) and the presentation of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) evidence-based global consensus guidance. Just like…

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Welcome to Dr Jaap van Netten as DFA Scientific Director

loading… DFA welcomes Dr. Jaap van Netten, a human movement scientist from the Netherlands, to the team as Scientific Director. The Netherlands has led the world in industry-led next-generation diabetic foot disease research since the real beginnings of DFU research in the 1980s. In the 1990s, under the International Diabetes Federation, The Netherlands established an…

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Diabetic Foot Team lowers Amputation rate: Norway

loading… Norwegian investigators discovered a significant decrease in the incidence of diabetic foot amputations in one town 10 years after the establishment of a diabetic foot team at the city’s only hospital. Diabetic foot team lowers rate of major amputations

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Diabetes UK: Putting Feet First

loading… People with diabetes are 30 times more likely to have a lower limb amputation than people without the condition. Diabetes UK is Putting Feet First and fighting to save people with diabetes from unnecessary amputations.

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