Debridement of painful forefoot plantar callosities in rheumatoid arthritis: The CARROT randomised controlled trial

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 567-574

  Siddle, Heidi J ^a   Redmond, Anthony C ^a,b   Waxman, Robin ^a   Dagg, Abigail R ^c   Alcacer Pitarch, Begonya ^a   Wilkins, Richard A ^a   Helliwell, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callus debridement; Forefoot pain; Metatarsophalangeal joint; Plantar callosities; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ABATACEPT; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; ETANERCEPT; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; CALLOSITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; FOREFOOT; GAIT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALLOSITIES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878693990     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-2134-x     Document Type: Article

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