Passive Movement Exercise of the Lower Limbs May Facilitate Wound Healing in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

Background: Diabetic foot ulcers are a frequent and serious complication of diabetes with a high risk of amputation. Exercise has been shown to promote wound healing; however, patients with non-healing foot ulcers have limited ability to exercise due to the foot ulcer. Other strategies are therefore warranted.

Patient-reported outcome was close to the Danish background population 6 months after non-surgical treatment of Neer 2-part surgical neck fractures: a prospective cohort study in patients aged 60 or above.

Background And Purpose:  Neer 2-part surgical neck fractures are the most common displaced proximal humerus fractures. We aimed to evaluate patient-reported outcome in a consecutive series of older people receiving nonoperative treatment.

Methods:  This is a single-center prospective cohort study.

Is casting of displaced paediatric distal forearm fractures non-inferior to reduction under general anaesthesia? Study protocol for a pragmatic, randomized, controlled non-inferiority multicentre trial (the casting trial).

Background: Treatment of displaced distal forearm fractures in children has traditionally been closed reduction and pin fixation, although they might heal and remodel without surgery with no functional impairment. No randomized controlled trials have been published comparing the patient-reported functional outcome following non-surgical or surgical treatment of displaced paediatric distal forearm fractures.

Methods: A multicentre non-inferiority randomized controlled trial.

Patients' behaviour after referral to a wound care clinic for diabetic foot ulcer care: a grounded theory study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to construct a grounded theory regarding patients' activity behaviour over time after referral to an outpatient clinic for diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) care.

Method: A constructivist grounded theory approach was used. Data from observations of and interviews with participants were collected and analysed using the constant comparative method.