Diabetic

Special shoes for diabetics and rheumatics. The only clinically tested diabetic shoe. (Patients with previously ulcerated feet have an 80% risk reduction of reulceration wearing LucRo shoes. Busch et al. Diabetes UK 2003 / Diabetic Medicine 20, 665-669)

General features

• The shoe has a wide top opening.
• An anatomically shaped toe box prevents pressure on the dorsum of the foot, even when using soft-bedding arch support.
• The higher heel area prevents the foot from slipping out of the shoe, even when the patient is wearing thicker arch supports.
• Padding in the tongue and collar area reduces the danger of ulceration at the back of the foot and around the ankle.
• The heel is held safely in a heel cup which is extended anteriorly along the sides of the shoe.
• There are no seams in the textile lining of the sensitive forefoot region, and there is also no toe box stiffener.
• A reinforced sole unit supports static and dynamic loads.
• The non-slip profile of the soles, make standing and walking safe.
• The sole unit is suitable for further modification.
• Only the highest quality, calf leathers and buckskins are used in the shoe.
• The shoes are lined with padded Alcantara.
• The shoe base consists of an EVA throughsole with an air chamber system in the heel.
• Rocker sole has STD.