“…These include decreased visual acuity, limited range of motion (ROM), shoe incompatibility, edema, and decreased somatosensory perception. [4][5][6][7] In a multivariate meta-analysis review of factors predicting lower extremity wounds, the important clinical predictors were age, sex, duration of diabetes, vibration perception threshold, monofilament, pulse rate, anklebrachial index, peak plantar pressure, and foot deformity. 8,9 Diabetic foot lesions remain a medical, social, and economic problem in many countries, 3 with approximately 25% of the patients with diabetes developing lower extremity wounds during their lifetime and up to 2% requiring amputations.…”