01572nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653002300065653001100088653001500099653001100114653001200125653000900137653002100146653003000167653001800197100001200215700001700227700001000244700001400254245004900268300001100317490000600328050001400334520090800348022001401256       1996                            d  c1996 Oct10aAdult10aCross-Over Studies10aFemale10aFoot Ulcer10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aOrthotic Devices10aSeverity of Illness Index10aWound Healing1 aCross H1 aKulkarni V N1 aDey A1 aRendall G00aPlantar ulceration in patients with leprosy.  a406-110 v5  aCROSS19963 a<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>  a0969-0700