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Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin
BACKGROUND: Plantar foot skin exhibits unique biophysical properties that are distinct from skin on other areas of the body. This paper characterises, using non-invasive methods, the biophysical properties of foot skin in healthy and pathological states including xerosis, heel fissures, calluses and...
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26269720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0092-7 |
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author | Hashmi, Farina Nester, Christopher Wright, Ciaran Newton, Veronica Lam, Sharon |
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description | BACKGROUND: Plantar foot skin exhibits unique biophysical properties that are distinct from skin on other areas of the body. This paper characterises, using non-invasive methods, the biophysical properties of foot skin in healthy and pathological states including xerosis, heel fissures, calluses and corns. METHODS: Ninety three people participated. Skin hydration, elasticity, collagen and elastin fibre organisation and surface texture was measured from plantar calluses, corns, fissured heel skin and xerotic heel skin. Previously published criteria were applied to classify the severity of each skin lesion and differences in the biophysical properties compared between each classification. RESULTS: Calluses, corns, xerotic heel skin and heel fissures had significantly lower levels of hydration; less elasticity and greater surface texture than unaffected skin sites (p < 0.01). Some evidence was found for a positive correlation between hydration and elasticity data (r ≤ 0.65) at hyperkeratotic sites. Significant differences in skin properties (with the exception of texture) were noted between different classifications of skin lesion. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides benchmark data for healthy and different severities of pathological foot skin. These data have applications ranging from monitoring the quality of foot skin, to measuring the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-45337942015-08-13 Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin Hashmi, Farina Nester, Christopher Wright, Ciaran Newton, Veronica Lam, Sharon J Foot Ankle Res Research BACKGROUND: Plantar foot skin exhibits unique biophysical properties that are distinct from skin on other areas of the body. This paper characterises, using non-invasive methods, the biophysical properties of foot skin in healthy and pathological states including xerosis, heel fissures, calluses and corns. METHODS: Ninety three people participated. Skin hydration, elasticity, collagen and elastin fibre organisation and surface texture was measured from plantar calluses, corns, fissured heel skin and xerotic heel skin. Previously published criteria were applied to classify the severity of each skin lesion and differences in the biophysical properties compared between each classification. RESULTS: Calluses, corns, xerotic heel skin and heel fissures had significantly lower levels of hydration; less elasticity and greater surface texture than unaffected skin sites (p < 0.01). Some evidence was found for a positive correlation between hydration and elasticity data (r ≤ 0.65) at hyperkeratotic sites. Significant differences in skin properties (with the exception of texture) were noted between different classifications of skin lesion. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides benchmark data for healthy and different severities of pathological foot skin. These data have applications ranging from monitoring the quality of foot skin, to measuring the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. BioMed Central 2015-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4533794/ /pubmed/26269720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0092-7 Text en © Hashmi et al. 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Hashmi, Farina Nester, Christopher Wright, Ciaran Newton, Veronica Lam, Sharon Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title | Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title_full | Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title_fullStr | Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title_short | Characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
title_sort | characterising the biophysical properties of normal and hyperkeratotic foot skin |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26269720 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13047-015-0092-7 |
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