Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Group A
Group B
Group C
Sponsors
Faculty of physical therapy at Cairo university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subject selection will be according to the following criteria: 1- Ages of patients will be ranged from 55 to 70 years. 2- All patients have diabetic foot ulcer 3- All patients will be referred by a surgeon before starting the study procedure. . 4- All patients will be having non-infected wound. 5- All patient will be having 2nd and 3rd degree of ulcer
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The current study will exclude the following patients: 1- Patients with associated bone fractures. 2- Patients with diminished cognitive capacity. 3- Patients with vascular insufficiency. 4- Patient with poor nutrition or malnutrition 5- Patient with greater than 3rd degree wound
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| imitomeasure application: The procedure was executed in two parts. The first was to take photographs of the wound using a smartphone and measure the area using the imitomeasure application. The second was to take photographs of the same wound using a 10-megapixel digital camera and posterior measurement of the area using Image J software | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| BATS-Jense wound assessment tool: The BWAT contains 13 items that assess wound size, depth, edges, undermining, necrotic tissue type, amount of necrotic, granulation and epithelialization tissue, exudate type and amount, surrounding skin color, edema, and induration. These are rated using a modified Likert scale; a score of 1 indicates the healthiest and 5 indicates the most unhealthy attribute for each characteristic | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactAshraf Mohamed
Professor of Plastic and General Surgery Faculty of Medicine Cairo University
Outcome results
None listed