Patients With Diabetic Neuropathy Who Receive Physiotherapy Treatment Will Have a Decrease in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Neuropathic diabetic patients present alterations in joint mobility, plantar pressures and ankle and foot function, characteristics related to the development of ulcers. In previous studies, it has been observed that physiotherapy protocols have produced improvements in joint mobility, magnitude of plantar pressures, distribution of plantar pressures, and improved function in the ankle and foot. A 12‐week progressive physiotherapy protocol composed of manual therapy and exercise could produce changes in foot and ankle characteristics in diabetic neuropathic patients related to tissue damage, resulting in a reduction in ulcerations.