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From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle

Rheumatoid Foot Deformity

by Bruce E. Cohen, MD; William C. James, MD; Simon Lee, MD; W. Hodges Davis, MD; Robert Anderson, MD

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the foot has an incidence of between 0.3 percent and 1.5 percent of the population worldwide. No causative factor or trigger was identified for rheumatoid arthritis of the foot.

Keywords: foot, ankle, hindfoot, forefoot, rheumatoid arthritis, incidence, mechanism of injury, etiology, diagnosis, patient history, clinical assessment, laboratory studies, imaging, radiography, MRI, CT, differential diagnosis, management, nonsurgical treatment, surgical treatment, surgical techniques, contraindications, complications, outcomes, rehabilitation

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