Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Chanda, Arnab

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Résumé :
This monograph offers an in-depth investigation of Diabetic foot ulceration through the lens of biomechanics and computational modelling. It addresses a critical healthcare challenge faced predominantly by elderly diabetic patients i.e. foot ulcers resulting from peripheral neuropathy, arterial disorders, and irregular plantar loading. Despite extensive clinical attention, the biomechanical mechanisms behind ulcer progression remain inadequately understood, limiting the effectiveness of current prevention and management strategies. This book consolidates advanced research methodologies and experimental approaches to explore the onset and evolution of Diabetic foot ulcers. Key sections of the book focus on the development of computational models for different foot types (normal foot and flatfoot) and further discuss the ulceration progression and recurrence due to repetitive plantar loading. Based on the computational results and ulcer-prone regions, a modular pressure offloading insole was developed and clinically tested for the effectiveness analysis. The outcomes of this monograph are intended to guide clinicians, biomedical engineers, and researchers in developing improved diagnostic tools, orthotic interventions, and patient-specific monitoring techniques. Furthermore, it serves as an important resource for understanding the underlying mechanics of ulcer formation and progression, offering potential translational impact in diabetic foot care and preventative medicine....

Biographie:
Dr. Arnab Chanda is an assistant professor at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, and a joint faculty at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, India. He is also the founder of a startup company BIOFIT Technologies LLC, USA. Dr. Chanda is an expert in the area of biomechanics, especially foot mechanics. Dr. Chanda has been studying slips and falls caused due to footwear for more than eight years. He has conducted experiments with more than 100 human subjects, with a range of new and worn footwear, in gait laboratories to study unexpected slips and measure the biomechanical parameters at different stages of slips and falls. Also, he has worked with several footwear traction measurement devices used across the industry, such as BPN and SATRA, for measurement of traction in 200+ footwear designs, and provided consultancy services to footwear companies, such asNike. Recently, the most advanced footwear traction characterization device, which is also the first portable device, was developed in his with funding support from government and private agencies. This pioneering device is current being used to study traction across footwear in a range of cohorts. To date, Dr. Chanda has been involved in the research of footwear traction as a part of University of Pittsburgh, USA...

Sommaire:

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Literature Review on Material Modeling of Diabetic Foot.- Chapter 3: Computational Modeling of Diabetic Ulcers Across Different Foot Types.- Chapter 4: Computational Modeling of Diabetic Ulcers Across All Possible Locations.- Chapter 5: Literature Review on Medical Interventions for Diabetic Foot.- Chapter 6: Development of Pressure Measurement technologies for Plantar Pressure analysis and offloading.- Chapter 7: Clinical Studies to Understand the Effectiveness of Plantar Pressure Off-loading in Diabetic Patients.- Chapter 8: Development of an Advanced Diabetic Foot Model with Detailed Hard and Soft Tissues.- Chapter 9: Experimental Study to Investigate the Pressure Loading Across the Ulcer Wall Regions.- Chapter 10: Conclusions and Future Scope.