The interplay between stiffness and hyperglycemia on diabetic foot ulcer wound closure
Nourhan Albeltagy, Jennifer Patten, Karin Wang
This paper develops a 2D wound closure model to study how diabetic foot ulcer healing is affected by skin stiffness and hyperglycemia, finding that higher stiffness and hyperglycemia slow wound closure.
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering · Jan 5, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering