On diabetic foot, wound healing, amputation prevention, and the merger of consumer tech with medical devices
A new bibliometric analysis from Wei and colleagues at Capital Medical University in Beijing maps 25 years (2000–2024) of global research on plantar pressure and diabetic foot ulcers — over 2,100 publications indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. The findings tell a story that will feel familiar to many of us who have... Continue Reading →
Today, I'd like to discuss an exciting new manuscript from our Dutch colleagues, titled "New biomechanical models for cumulative plantar tissue stress assessment in people with diabetes at high risk of foot ulceration"[1]. This work, which is set to appear in the Journal of Biomechanics, is a significant contribution to our understanding of foot ulceration... Continue Reading →
In a recent publication in Clinical Biomechanics, a study led by researchers from the University of Nebraska Omaha delved into the challenges faced by patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) when using walking aids for mobility due to diabetic foot ulcers. The aim was to alleviate the undue stress on the hands, which is... Continue Reading →
This via Wired and Katrina Miller Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks. In a Physical Review E paper published last month, scientists at the University of Munich may have found an answer. By modeling the physical forces that drive our double bounce, they deduced that it’s an... Continue Reading →
