title: A survey of deployed foot problems in a desert environment.
abstract: A casual comment made regarding the amount of "mole skin" being dispensed to airmen to handle blisters, pressure points, and foot pain led to the development of an impromptu voluntary survey in an attempt to quantify the number of personnel with foot care concerns and the spectrum of those problems. With only a small number of sick call visits related to foot and ankle problems, the amount of mole skin being dispensed was surprising. This survey represents the results of a comprehensive evaluation of a base population involved in support of the first 2 months of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
authors.affiliation: 48th AMDS/SGPF, RAF Lakenheath, Brandon, Suffolk, UK.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Forrest
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003889:Desert Climate; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D012306:Risk; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States