Impact of Lymphedema on Foot-Health-Related Quality of Life: A Case-Control Investigation.

Objective: To evaluate the foot-health-related quality of life in individuals with versus without lower-limb lymphedema.

Methods: A case-control study was carried out in an academic clinic in Lisbon, Portugal. Eighty participants (40 controls and 40 with lymphedema) were included in the study.

Lower Limb Dynamic Activity Significantly Reduces Foot Skin Perfusion: Exploring Data with Different Optical Sensors in Age-Grouped Healthy Adults.

Introduction: The human lower limb is widely used as a model to study in vivo microcirculatory physiology and pathophysiology. It is a preferential target for critical comorbidities (overweight, diabetes, and peripheral vascular disease). Movement and activity are consistently regarded as beneficial, but the related adaptive physiology is still poorly understood.