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TG McPoil, PhD, PT, ATC, is Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Northern Arizona University, NAU Box 15105, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

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The authors should be congratulated for their innovative and timely research investigation. The primary thrust of previous research endeavors involving patients with diabetes and neuropathy has been focused on etiological factors leading to foot ulceration as well as appropriate treatment protocols to heal these ulcers. The authors of this investigation have gone beyond just considering the obvious problem of foot ulcerations and have examined the effect of the devastating clinical features of diabetes mellitus on the movement pattern of the entire lower extremity during the walking cycle. The concept of considering how the diabetic disease process affects not only the foot but the movement pattern of the entire lower extremity is fundamental in order to determine the most optimal treatment approach for these patients....

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