The rheumatoid foot and ankle: Current evidence

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 94-102

  Loveday, David T ^a   Jackson, Gillian E ^a   Geary, Nick P J ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Rheumatoid

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ANALGESIA; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; ANKLE INJURY; CALLOSITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXCISIONAL ARTHROPLASTY; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT SURGERY; FOREFOOT DISEASE; GAIT; HINDFOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDFOOT DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84858747305     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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