About this project
The aim of this project was to develop an ultrasound-based diagnostic tool to identify diabetic foot ulceration risk in Peruvian population.
Each year more than 26 million people worldwide develop diabetic foot ulcers. The lifetime incidence of foot ulcers in developing countries is more than 20% among people with diabetes. The risk of death at 5 years for a patient with a diabetic foot ulcer is 2.5 times higher than the risk for a patient with diabetes with no foot ulcer. In Peru around 1 million adults have diabetes and 220,000 people are at the risk of developing diabetic foot ulcers, and diabetes is reported to be the third cause of premature death.
To address this key societal challenge in Peru, Professor Roozbeh Naemi, is leading the team at the Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, in an international collaborative project with Pontificia Universidad Católica del in Peru. The aim of this project was to develop an ultrasound-based diagnostic tool to identify diabetic foot ulceration risk in Peruvian population.
This project has had a focus on improving the diagnostic outcome of diabetic foot disease by developing an ultrasound-based diagnostic tool to assess the patients’ feet.
By improving the prognosis of diabetic foot complications, the project outcomes can have huge implications in reducing the socioeconomic burden of diabetic foot diseases in Peru.