Methodological considerations for a randomised controlled trial of podiatry care in rheumatoid arthritis: Lessons from an exploratory trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Turner, Deborah E ^a   Helliwell, Philip S ^b   Woodburn, James ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; FOOT CARE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT PAIN; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PILOT STUDY; PODIATRY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOE; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WALKING SPEED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT SELECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PATIENT SELECTION; PODIATRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38849158552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-109     Document Type: Article

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