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LucRo – an experienced<br />

and reliable companion<br />

The clinical study<br />

Prospective ...<br />

... cohort study based on patient data<br />

from a surgery specialising in diabetes,<br />

June 1999 to December 2001.<br />

Carried out ...<br />

... by Klaus Busch, c/o Prof. Dr. med.<br />

E. Chantelau, Diabetes Foot Outpatient<br />

Surgery, MNR-Klinik, Heinrich-<br />

Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.<br />

80 per cent ...<br />

... was reduction achieved in the rate<br />

of ulcer recurrence in the first year<br />

among high-risk diabetes sufferers<br />

with a polyneuropathy and/or a peripheral<br />

arterial occlusion disorder.<br />

Although LucRo kinetic is based on<br />

the clinically proven properties of<br />

LucRo classic, the kinetic shoe is currently<br />

being subjected to scientific<br />

testing in a separate study.<br />

Special Shoes for People with Diabetes<br />

1.0<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

No recurrence<br />

Patients with LucRo classic<br />

Fresh foot ulcerations<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

Patients without LucRo classic<br />

LucRo<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

0 6 12 18 24 30 Months<br />

+ Few fresh wounds / + A lot of fresh wounds<br />

Share of patients without ulcer recurrence<br />

(event-free patients) showing progress over<br />

time according to Kaplan-Meier. Log-rank<br />

test p < 0.001<br />

14

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