How Can Gait Analysis Benefit a Person with Diabetes?
One of the major goals of the Gait Study Center is preventing foot complications in people with diabetes. Many people with diabetes experience loss of feeling in the extremities. In fact, the majority of lower extremity amputations in persons with diabetes occur because skin ulcerations (sores), resulting from excessive pressure or trauma, go undetected due to loss of feeling. Gait analysis is used to determine the distribution of pressure on a patient’s feet while he or she walks. Knowing where the areas of high pressure are can help a podiatric physician find preventative treatments for ulcerations. Preventing an ulcer, or helping an ulcer heal, by properly managing the pressures on the bottom of one‘s feet, could significantly improve the chances of saving a limb from amputation. How Can Gait Analysis Benefit a Person with a Sports-Related Injury? A gait analysis is beneficial to an individual suffering from a sports injury, as it allows the physician to understand how the body move
