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dc.contributor.authorHennessy, Kym
dc.contributor.authorWoodburn, James
dc.contributor.authorSteultjens, Martijn
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-17T03:23:55Z
dc.date.available2022-05-17T03:23:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1757-1146en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s13047-016-0167-0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405971
dc.description.abstractBackground: Clinical practice guidelines are recommendations systematically developed to assist clinical decision-making and inform healthcare. In current rheumatoid arthritis (RA) guidelines, management of the foot and ankle is under-represented and the quality of recommendation is uncertain. This study aimed to identify and critically appraise clinical practice guidelines for foot and ankle management in RA. Methods: Guidelines were identified electronically and through hand searching. Search terms 'rheumatoid arthritis', 'clinical practice guidelines' and related synonyms were used. Critical appraisal and quality rating were conducted using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument. Results: Twenty-four guidelines were included. Five guidelines were high quality and recommended for use. Five high quality and seven low quality guidelines were recommended for use with modifications. Seven guidelines were low quality and not recommended for use. Five early and twelve established RA guidelines were recommended for use. Only two guidelines were foot and ankle specific. Five recommendation domains were identified in both early and established RA guidelines. These were multidisciplinary team care, foot healthcare access, foot health assessment/review, orthoses/insoles/splints, and therapeutic footwear. Established RA guidelines also had an 'other foot care treatments' domain. Conclusions: Foot and ankle management for RA features in many clinical practice guidelines recommended for use. Unfortunately, supporting evidence in the guidelines is low quality. Agreement levels are predominantly 'expert opinion' or 'good clinical practice'. More research investigating foot and ankle management for RA is needed prior to inclusion in clinical practice guidelines.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue31en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Foot and Ankle Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume9en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciencesen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTraditional, complementary and integrative medicineen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exerciseen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4208en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207en_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsOrthopedicsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRheumatoid arthritisen_US
dc.subject.keywordsClinical practice guidelinesen_US
dc.titleClinical practice guidelines for the foot and ankle in rheumatoid arthritis: a critical appraisalen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articlesen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHennessy, K; Woodburn, J; Steultjens, M, Clinical practice guidelines for the foot and ankle in rheumatoid arthritis: a critical appraisal, Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2016, 9 (1)en_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-08-13
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.date.updated2021-07-15T00:42:18Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.en_US
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