Development of a foot impact scale for rheumatoid arthritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 418-422

  Helliwell, Philip ^a   Reay, Naomi ^a   Gilworth, Gill ^a   Redmond, Anthony ^a   Slade, Anita ^b   Tennant, Alan ^a   Woodburn, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Foot problems; Outcome; Podiatry; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SHOES;

EID: 20444400879     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21176     Document Type: Article

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