Effectiveness of Diabetic Therapeutic Footwear in Preventing Reulceration
Response to Chantelau
- Matthew L. Maciejewski, PHD12,
- Gayle Reiber, MPH, PHD12345 and
- Edward J. Boyko, MD1456
- 1Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle, Washington
- 2Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 3Rehabilitation Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle, Washington
- 4Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle, Washington
- 5Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- 6Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
- Address correspondence to Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Health Services Research and Development (152), Met Park West, Suite 1400, 1100 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101. E-mail: mlmaciej{at}u.washington.edu
We thank Chantelau for his thoughtful comments (1) on our study (2), and we recognize his pioneering work on the influence of patient compliance on the effectiveness of diabetic footwear. We characterized his 1990 and 1994 studies (3,4) as descriptive studies of footwear in the text and in Table 3 …
