title: Charcot foot: skin temperature as a good clinical parameter for predicting disease outcome.
abstract: Twenty-eight diabetics presenting with acute Charcot foot were immobilized and the temperature difference between limbs measured at each month. All patients had monthly follow-up visits for a year and the relapse rate was zero. We found that skin temperature is a good parameter to ensure safe immobilization withdrawal.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. arnaldo.mouraneto@gmail.com
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moura-Neto
authors.forename: Tulio Diniz
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Denise Engelbrecht
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Zantut-Wittmann
authors.forename: Rafael Ortiz
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Trevisan
authors.forename: Marcos Hideyo
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sakaki
authors.forename: Alexandre Leme Godoy
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nery
authors.forename: Maria Candida Ribeiro
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Parisi
mesh_terms: D001177:Arthropathy, Neurogenic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D033023:Foot Joints / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012881:Skin Temperature / Q000502:physiology