Background
Diabetic patients at high risk for foot ulceration are often prescribed with custom-made therapeutic footwear. However, the evidence base to support the use of this footwear for ulcer prevention is still meagre [1]. The lack of offloading efficacy may play a role in this. In-shoe plantar pressure assessment is a valuable tool for evaluating footwear and guiding modifications to optimize the footwear’s offloading properties [2]. The aim of this multicenter randomized trial was to assess the effectiveness of this approach and long-term pressure monitoring in prescription footwear to prevent plantar foot ulcer recurrence in neuropathic diabetic patients.