Case Study: The Pursuit of 200kPa
Plantar pressure reading has clearly arrived in Pedorthics. It is part of evidence based pedorthic treatment and called for in the Diabetic Foot Australia guideline on footwear for people with diabetes published in 2018 as well as Australian guideline on prevention of foot ulceration: part of the 2021 Australian evidence-based guidelines for diabetes related foot disease.
The Diabetic Foot Australia footwear guidelines are very specific in their recommendations.
Recommendation 8: “For people with a healed plantar foot ulcer, prescribe medical grade footwear with custom-made in-shoe orthoses or insoles with a demonstrated plantar pressure relieving effect at the high-risk areas.”
Further it states: “Based on two recent randomised controlled trials, a ‘demonstrated plantar pressure reducing effect’ (combined effect of the new medical grade footwear with
orthosis or insole) is defined as a > 30% reduction at the area of the highest plantar pressure in comparison to the same area in the patient’s current footwear, or a level below 200 kPa if measured with a validated and calibrated system with a sensor area of 1 cm2 [23, 24].”
In this presentation I like to discuss those number in more details and show some examples.
Katrin Wegener
Katrin Wegener
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PAA
Katrin Wegener commenced her training to become a qualified orthopaedic shoemaker and orthotic specialist in Germany in 1994.
Katrin received an award for second place in the 1999 State graduate competition. In 2006, she passed the supplementary exam at the state-approved Ralph GROTSTOLLEN School of Podology to achieve the status of a German state-certified Podologe (Podiatrist).
Katrin arrived in Australia in 2009 and qualified as an Australian Certified Pedorthist (CM). She has been involved in providing training as part of the Australian Pedorthic Certification Course Program. She has participated on the certification panel for the Australian Pedorthic Register and has published several articles for a German local newspaper as well as professional articles for a German pedorthic and podiatry magazine. She has presented at several national and international conferences and is the current President of the Pedorthic Association of Australia.
Katrin continues to reside in Australia while further developing her successful career with an established client base within the profession.
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