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The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists A guide to the benefits of podiatry to patient care (2010)
Report
of podiatry to patient care

The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists has developed this guidance in response to the challenges facing the NHS to increase quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) whilst continuing to deliver services in this time of austerity.... Read More about The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists A guide to the benefits of podiatry to patient care.

An interpretive phenomenological study of user experiences of therapeutic footwear (2008)
Thesis
Williams, A. An interpretive phenomenological study of user experiences of therapeutic footwear. (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

Therapeutic footwear is provided to patients with the primary aims of reducing foot pain and improving foot health. Therefore, it is of concern that patients choose not to wear it. This choice has been attributed to its poor appearance. However, the... Read More about An interpretive phenomenological study of user experiences of therapeutic footwear.

Rheumatoid arthritis patients' experiences of wearing therapeutic footwear - A qualitative investigation (2007)
Journal Article
Williams, A., Nester, C., & Ravey, M. (2007). Rheumatoid arthritis patients' experiences of wearing therapeutic footwear - A qualitative investigation. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 8(104), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-8-104

Background: Specialist 'therapeutic' footwear is recommended for patients with diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a beneficial intervention for reducing foot pain, improving foot health, and increasing general mobility. However, many pat... Read More about Rheumatoid arthritis patients' experiences of wearing therapeutic footwear - A qualitative investigation.

Critical review. Part 1. Specialist footwear as a therapeutic intervention for diabetic foot problems – a critical review (2007)
Journal Article
a critical review. British journal of podiatry, 10(3), 80-86

Background Specialist therapeutic footwear is frequently recommended by clinicians and provided for patients with high-risk foot pathology associated with diabetes with the aims of preventing occurrence or reoccurrence of foot ulceration, reducing... Read More about Critical review. Part 1. Specialist footwear as a therapeutic intervention for diabetic foot problems – a critical review.

Critical review. part 2. Specialist footwear as a therapeutic intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2007)
Journal Article
arthritis. British journal of podiatry, 10(3), 87-92

Background Therapeutic footwear is frequently recommended by clinicians and provided for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the associated structural and soft-tissue problems. The therapeutic aim is to reduce pressure-related symptoms such... Read More about Critical review. part 2. Specialist footwear as a therapeutic intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Critical review. part 3. Therapeutic footwear – still a Cinderella service? A critical review of the literature (2007)
Journal Article
service? A critical review of the literature. British journal of podiatry, 10(3), 93-98

Background That specialist therapeutic footwear has some clinical benefits has been demonstrated, but for these clinical benefits to be achieved the patient has to wear them. However, varying degrees of patient satisfaction with this footwear have b... Read More about Critical review. part 3. Therapeutic footwear – still a Cinderella service? A critical review of the literature.

A clinical trial of specialist footwear for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2006)
Journal Article
rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 46(2), 302-307. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kel234

Objectives. The structural and functional changes in the RA foot often affect the patient’s gait and mobility, impacting on the patient’s quality of life. Successful management of these foot pathologies and resultant problems can involve the provisio... Read More about A clinical trial of specialist footwear for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Patient perceptions of stock footwear design features (2006)
Journal Article
Williams, A., & Nester, C. (2006). Patient perceptions of stock footwear design features. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 30(1), 61-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/03093640600574425

Patients with diseases which impact on foot health, for example diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, are known to have some benefit from prescribed stock footwear with regards to clinical outcomes. Achieving this is not just about getting the footwea... Read More about Patient perceptions of stock footwear design features.

Meeting the challenge for foot health in rheumatic diseases (2004)
Journal Article
Williams, A., & Bowden, A. (2004). Meeting the challenge for foot health in rheumatic diseases. Foot, 14(3), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foot.2004.03.006

Background: National guidelines recommend that patients with rheumatic diseases should have access to podiatry services and evidence is emerging that podiatry interventions are effective in the management of foot problems in this patient group. Desp... Read More about Meeting the challenge for foot health in rheumatic diseases.

Shoes in the cupboard - the fate of prescribed footwear? (2001)
Journal Article
Williams, A., & Meacher, K. (2001). Shoes in the cupboard - the fate of prescribed footwear?. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 25(1), 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/03093640108726569

Studies show that patient dissatisfaction with prescribed footwear results in low usage and that the cause is the system that provides it. The aim of this study was to compare referrer and patient perceptions of a multidisciplinary footwear clin... Read More about Shoes in the cupboard - the fate of prescribed footwear?.