@article{18866,
  keywords = {Adult, Cross-Over Studies, Female, Foot Ulcer, Humans, leprosy, Male, Orthotic Devices, Severity of Illness Index, Wound Healing},
  author = {Cross H and Kulkarni V N and Dey A and Rendall G},
  title = {Plantar ulceration in patients with leprosy.},
  abstract = {<p>A controlled trial was implemented to investigate the hypothesis that plantar ulcer sites associated with leprosy, in subjects who were supplied with foot orthoses, would heal more quickly than those in a control group. The population was comprised of individuals with impairments associated with leprosy, living near a leprosy hospital in India. Ulcer area was compared in the two groups and assessed at three-monthly intervals from July 1993 to March 1994. At the March 1994 assessment 58% of ulcers in the experimental group had healed but only 14% in the control group. At this point patients in the control group were supplied with orthoses and three months later, in June 1994, 60% of the ulcers in the experimental group and 62% of ulcers in the control group had healed. The results of this study demonstrate that orthotic intervention can significantly reduce the duration of ulceration.</p>},
  year = {1996},
  journal = {Journal of wound care},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {406-11},
  month = {1996 Oct},
  issn = {0969-0700},
  language = {eng},
}