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01-12-2011 | Oral presentation
Choosing shoes: a preliminary study into the challenges facing clinicians in assessing footwear for rheumatoid arthritis patients
Authors:
Renee N Silvester, Anita E Williams, Nicola Dalbeth, Keith Rome
Published in:
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
Footwear has been accepted as a therapeutic intervention for the foot affected by rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evidence relating to the objective assessment of footwear in patients with RA is limited. The aims of this study were to identify current footwear styles, footwear characteristics, and factors that influence footwear choice experienced by patients with RA. …