2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on foot care of diabetic foot patients using laser speckle blood flow imaging methods

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23660043
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Yamaguchi Prefectural University
Principal Investigator	HARIKAE Naomi 山口県立大学, 看護栄養学部, 教授 (10238206)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	二次元血流計 / 糖尿病足病変 / フットケア
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study, is to examine laser speckle blood flow imaging method whether useful as an indicator of the circulation dynamics measured in footcare of diabetic foot patients. Result of blood flow measurement dorsum of the foot of exercise before and after thermal stimulation, reflecting the peripheral circulation dynamics different from the surface temperature by thermography, image can be visualized fine blood flow change, and impact on the environment temperature intended for healthy people usefulness was observed in the measurement of sweating and feet of people of poor circulation and less susceptible to. Further, diabetes and from measurements of dialysis patients, associated with the renal function or ankle / brachial pressure and blood flow data was suggested. It is necessary to overlap the study was carried out to continue the measurement in the future.