Dekker, J. [Promotor]Steultjens, M.P.M. [Copromotor

Leeden, M. van der

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Foot impairments and related disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Foot impairments and related disability  
in patients with rheumatoid arthritis  
 
 
 
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT 
 
 
 
 
ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor 
aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 
op gezag van de rector magnificus 
prof.dr. L.M. Bouter, 
in het openbaar te verdedigen 
ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie 
van de faculteit der Geneeskunde 
op dinsdag 30 juni 2009 om 10.45 uur 
 in de aula van de universiteit, 
De Boelelaan 1105 
 
 
 
door 
 
Marike van der Leeden 
 
geboren te Rotterdam 
 
 
 
promotor:     prof.dr. J. Dekker 
copromotor:   dr. M.P.M. Steultjens   
 
 
 
 
 
Contents 
 
 
Chapter 1  General introduction                7 
 
Chapter 2a  The prevalence and course of forefoot impairments and walking disability  
in the first eight years of rheumatoid arthritis          21 
Arthritis Care and Research 2008; 59(11):1596‐602 
 
Chapter 2b  Forefoot disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients in remission    37 
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Chapter 3   Prediction of walking disability by disease‐related factors in patients with  
rheumatoid arthritis                41 
Submitted for publication 
 
Chapter 4   Reliability of plantar pressure measurements in patients with chronic arthritis:  
a comparison of one‐step, two‐step and three‐step protocols and an  
estimate of the number of measurements required        55 
Foot and Ankle International 2004; 25(10):739‐44 
 
Chapter 5  Forefoot joint damage, pain and disability in rheumatoid arthritis patients  
with foot complaints: the role of plantar pressure and gait characteristics   67 
Rheumatology 2006; 45(4):465‐6 
 
Chapter 6  The relationship of disease duration to foot function, pain and disability in 
rheumatoid arthritis patients with foot complaints          81 
Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 2007; 25(2):275‐80  
 
Chapter 7  A systematic review of instruments measuring foot function, foot pain and  
foot‐related disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis      93 
Arthritis Care and Research 2008; 59(9):1257‐69  
 
Chapter 8  General discussion                129 
 
Summary                      146 
 
Samenvatting                     149 
 
Acknowledgements                    153 
 
Curriculum Vitae                    155 
 
List of publications                    157 
 
 
 
 
 


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