'My feet-visible, but ignored..' A qualitative study of foot care for people with rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 952-959

  Williams, Anita E ^a   Graham, Andrea S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foot and ankle; healthcare; qualitative study; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; FOOT DISEASES; FOOT JOINTS; FOOT ORTHOSES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866367922     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215511434995     Document Type: Article

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