Other Resources for Foot Care Study

We encourage you read the following journals and related articles pertaining to foot care. This information is provided as optional learning tool, and does not suggest that the foot and nail care examination is necessarily based upon these references.

Journals

Diabetes Educator - relevant articles include:
Beriou, J. (2003). The foot care specialty: Influencing the science and art of foot care. 29(3), 402.
Corbett, C. F. (2003). A randomized pilot study of improving foot care in home health patients with diabetes. Diabetes Educator, 29(2), 273-282.
Hamalainen, H., Ronnemaa, T., Toikka, T., & Liukkonen, I. (1998). Long-term effects of one year of intensified podiatric activities on foot-care knowledge and self-care habits in patients with diabetes. 24(6), 734-740.
Ward, A., Metz, L., Oddone, E. Z., & Edelman, D. (1999). Foot education improves knowledge and satisfaction among patients at high risk for diabetic foot ulcer. 25(4), 560-567.

Diabetes Care - relevant articles include:
Boyko, E. J. Ahroni, J. H., Stensel, V., Forsberg, R. C., Davignon, D. R., & Smith, D. G. (1999). A prospective study of risk factors for diabetic foot ulcer. The Seattle Diabetic Foot Study. , 22(7), 1036-1042.
Calle-Pascual, A. L., et al., (2001). Reduction in foot ulcer incidents: Relation to compliance with a prophylactic foot care program. 24(2), 405-407.
Carrington, A. L. et al., (2001). A foot care program for diabetic unilateral lower- limb amputees. 24(2), 216-221.
Mayfield, J. A., Reiber, G. E., Sanders, L. J., Janisse, D., & Pogach, L. M. (2003). Preventive foot care in people with diabetes. 26 Suppl 1:S78-79.
Pitei, D. L., Lord, M., Foster, A., Wilson, S., Watkins, P. J. & Edmonds, M. E. (1999). Plantar pressures are elevated in the neuroischemic and the neuropathic diabetic foot. 22(12), 1966-1970.

Diabetes Medicine - relevant articles include:
Donohoe, M. E., et al., (2000). Improving foot care for people with diabetes mellitus: A randomized controlled trial of an integrated care approach. 17(8), 581-587.
Franse, L. V., Valk, G. D., Dekker, J. Hl. Heine, R. J., & Van Eijk, J. T. (2000).
"Numbness of the feet" is a poor indicator for polyneuropathy in Type 2 diabetic patients. 172, 105-110.

Clinical Nurse Specialist - relevant articles include:
Kelechi, T. J. & Lukacs, K.S. (1996). Intrapreneurial nursing: The comprehensive lower extremity assessment form. 10(6), 266-274.
Willoughby, D., & Burroughs, D. (2001). A CNS-managed diabetes foot-care clinic: A descriptive survey of characteristics and foot-care behaviors of the patient population. 15(2), 52-57.

Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy - relevant articles include:
Birke, J. A., Patout, C. A., & Foto, J. G. (2000). Factors associated with Ulceration and amputation in the neuropathic foot. , 30(2), 91-97.
Mueller, J. J. (1999). Application of plantar pressure assessment in footwear and insert design. 29 (12), 747-755.

Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery - relevant articles include:
Pitei, D. L. Foster, A., Edmonds, M. (1999). The effect of regular callus removal on foot pressure. 38(4), 251-255.
Yong, R., Karas, T. J., Smith, K. D., & Petrov, O. (2000). The durability of the Semmes-Weinstein 5.07 monofilament. 39(1), 34-38.

Southern Medical Journal - relevant articles include:
Green, M. F., Aliabadi, Z., & Green, B. T. (2002). Diabetic foot: Evaluation and management. 95(1), 95-101.
Levin, M. E. (2002). Management of the diabetic foot: Preventing amputation. 95(1), 10-20.
Vinik, A. I. (2002). Neuropathy: New concepts in evaluation and treatment. 95(1), 21-23.

Articles

Home Healthcare Consultant - relevant articles include:
Alpert, T. (1999). Implementing a self-managed foot care protocol for patients with diabetes. 6(3), 21-23.

Ostomy Wound Management - relevant articles include:
Armstong, D. G. (2001). Is diabetic foot care efficacious or cost-effective? (4), 28-30.

Journal of Tissue Viability - relevant articles include:
Ashfort, R. L. (2003). Quality of foot care in the elderly: A projected overview., 13(2), 78-79.

Orthopaedic Nursing - relevant articles include:
Bryant, J. L. & Beinlich, N. R. (1999). Foot care: Focus on the elderly. 18(6), 53-60.

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association - relevant articles include:
Dijs, H. M., Roofthooft, J. M., Driessens, M. F., DeBock, P. G. Jacobs , C., & Van Acker, K. L. (2000). Effect of physical therapy on limited joint mobility in the diabetic foot. A pilot study. 90(3), 126-132.

Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinics of North America - relevant articles include:
Hunt, D. (2003). Using evidence in practice. Foot care in diabetes. 31(3), 603-611.

Nursing Standard - relevant articles include:
Goodall, S. (2000). Peripheral vascular disease. 14(25), 48-54.
Westley, C. J. & Glick, D. F. (1997). Foot care: An innovative nursing service in a community nursing center. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 14(1), 15-21.

The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy - relevant articles include:
Moss, S. E. Klein, R., & Klein, B. E. (1999). The 14-year incidence of lower-extremity amputations in a diabetic population. , 22(6), 951-959.

Pinzur, M. S., Slovenkai, M. P., & Trepman, E. (1999). Guidelines for diabetic foot care. The Diabetes Committee of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. Foot & Ankle International, 20(11), 685-702.

Popoola, M. M. (2003) A Holistic Approach to Therapy For Venous Stasis Leg Ulcers. The American Journal for Nurse Practitioners 7(7) 9-18.

Pugh, K. B., Jenkins, A. J., Zheng, D., Chinniss, S., Hermayer, K., & Jenkins, C. (2002). Foot problems and foot care practices in diabetes. A survey of public and private diabetes clinics affiliated with a university hospital. Journal of South Carolina Medical Association, 98(8), 305-310.

Resnick, H. E., Valsania, P., & Phillips, C. L. (1999). Diabetes mellitus and nontraumatic lower extremity amputation in black and white Americans: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiogic Follow-up Study, 1971-1992. Archives of Internal Medicine, 159(2), 2470-2475.

Shilling, F. (2003). Foot care in patients with diabetes. Nursing Standard, 17(23), 61-64, 66, 68.

Strauss, M. B., Hart, J. D., & Winant, D. M. (1998). Preventive foot care: A user- friendly system for patients and physicians. Postgraduate Medicine, 103(5), 233-236.

Corbier, M. (1998). Promoting nursing foot care services. Canadian Nurse, 94(8), 16, 18.

Web Sites

diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
www.ndep.nih.gov
www.aoa.gov
www.acfas.org
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabeticfoot.html
www.guideline.gov
www.thealliancepsp.com
www.collegefhp.com/The_Foot_Health_Course.htm
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/ccdr-rmtc/97vol23/23s8/fcindexe.html
www.nefca.ca
www.footandhandcarers.com