Table 5 Dermal temperatures
From: Duration of total contact casting for resolution of acute Charcot foot: a retrospective cohort study
Site | Anatomical location | Average temperature differential at acute Charcot diagnosis (°C)a | Average temperature differential at acute Charcot resolution (°C)a | Diagnosis minus resolution for average temperature differential (°C)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Plantar 1st metatarsal head | 2.5 (2.2) | 1.3 (1.6) | 1.2 |
2 | Plantar 3rd metatarsal head | 2.8 (2.0) | 1.4 (2.2) | 1.4 |
3 | Plantar 5th metatarsal head | 2.6 (2.2) | 1.2 (1.8) | 1.4 |
4 | Plantar aspect of the base of the 5th metatarsal (styloid process) | 2.4 (1.3) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.3 |
5 | Dorsal aspect of the base of the 3rd metatarsal | 2.9 (2.2) | 1.4 (1.5) | 1.5 |
6 | Medial aspect of the base of the 1st metatarsal | 3.0 (2.1) | 1.5 (1.8) | 1.5 |
7 | Medial aspect of the navicular | 3.0 (1.7) | 1.3 (1.3) | 1.7 |
8 | Plantar medial tubercle of the calcaneus | 1.6 (1.4) | 0.7 (1.1) | 0.9 |
9 | Medial malleolus | 2.6 (1.7) | 1.1 (1.3) | 1.5 |
10 | Lateral malleolus | 2.9 (1.5) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.2 |