The British Society for Rheumatology guideline for the management of foot health in inflammatory arthritis

Collaborators, Affiliations

British Society for Rheumatology Guideline Steering Group:
Christopher Joyce, Zoe McLaren, Claire Jones, Karen Merrison, Edward Roddy, Pratyasha Saha, Emma Williams, Emily Rose-Parfitt, Devesh Mewar, Caroline Cotton, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Anoop Kuttikat, Hirushi Jayasekera, Coziana Ciurtin

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Department of Podiatry, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK.
³ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁵ Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁷ Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
⁸ Expert by Experience, Liverpool, UK.
⁹ Children's Podiatry, Children's Therapies Service, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹¹ Podiatry Department, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
¹² Expert by Experience, Stone, UK.
¹³ Orthopaedics, Ramsay Healthcare, Stafford, UK.
¹⁴ Orthotics and Biomechanics, University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire, Wishaw, UK.
¹⁵ Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Christchurch Hospital, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch, UK.
¹⁷ Expert by Experience, Bradford, UK.
¹⁸ MSK, Shropshire Community NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
¹⁹ School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Lara S Chapman et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2025.

. 2025 May 1;64(5):2355-2368.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaf071.

British Society for Rheumatology Guideline Steering Group:
Christopher Joyce, Zoe McLaren, Claire Jones, Karen Merrison, Edward Roddy, Pratyasha Saha, Emma Williams, Emily Rose-Parfitt, Devesh Mewar, Caroline Cotton, Sandrine Compeyrot-Lacassagne, Anoop Kuttikat, Hirushi Jayasekera, Coziana Ciurtin

¹ Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² Department of Podiatry, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Harrogate, UK.
³ Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, Keele University, Keele, UK.
⁵ Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, London, UK.
⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁷ Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
⁸ Expert by Experience, Liverpool, UK.
⁹ Children's Podiatry, Children's Therapies Service, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Orthopaedics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
¹¹ Podiatry Department, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
¹² Expert by Experience, Stone, UK.
¹³ Orthopaedics, Ramsay Healthcare, Stafford, UK.
¹⁴ Orthotics and Biomechanics, University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire, Wishaw, UK.
¹⁵ Haywood Academic Rheumatology Centre, Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
¹⁶ Department of Rheumatology, Christchurch Hospital, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch, UK.
¹⁷ Expert by Experience, Bradford, UK.
¹⁸ MSK, Shropshire Community NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
¹⁹ School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: foot; guideline; inflammatory arthritis; management.

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