Effects of neuromuscular taping form I on wound temperature and erythema in diabetic foot ulcer: a preliminary study
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to measure the effectiveness of neuromuscular taping (NMT) form I (a polyacrylate tape 0.6cm wide and 30cm long) on wound temperature and erythema in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) as an initial study in NMT intervention trials. METHOD: The study employed a quasi-experimental pretest and post-test design with a seven-day observation. The research sample was 38 patients with DFU grades 2 and 3. The sample was divided into two groups: the control group (n=19) and the intervention group (n=19). In wound care, the modern dressing was applied to both groups while NMT was applied to the intervention group in form I with 30cm long and 6mm wide strips, and on the proximal, distal and lateral sides. The wound bed temperature was measured with a non-contact infrared thermometer, and erythema was measured with Corel Photo-Paint X5 software (Corel Corp, Canada). Statistical analysis between the two groups was carried out using the Mann-Whitney test, independent t-test and Chi-squared test with p< 0.05 representing statistical significance. RESULTS: The preliminary results revealed that no statistically significant differences (p>0.05) were noted between the groups in sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, including age, body mass index, blood sugar, duration of diabetes, sex, smoking history, wound temperature and degree of erythema. Finally, it was also observed that, after seven days of application, NMT form I increased wound bed temperature, and reduced the level of erythema (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: In this study, NMT form I has been shown to increase the wound bed temperature and reduce the degree of erythema in DFUs.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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