title: [Orthopedic shoes: Still in touch with the times?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Deformities of the foot due to rheumatic disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis, occur in 85-95% of patients during the course of their disease.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates whether treatment with orthopedic shoes still has a place in modern therapies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Foot orthotics and technical orthopedic shoes can play an important role in purely conservative treatment as well as postoperative therapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Due to a lack of knowledge concerning modern orthopedic shoe techniques, this treatment option has slipped out of focus--in part because of its association with the old-fashioned unshapely black orthopedic shoes. Nevertheless, these shoes can contribute significantly to maintenance of patient mobility; a factor of extreme importance to the individuals who already suffer considerably from the disease per se.
authors.affiliation: Klinik Münsterland, RehaKlinikum Bad Rothenfelde, Auf der Stöwwe 11, 49214, Bad Rothenfelde, Deutschland. greitemann@klinik-muensterland.de.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greitemann
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D061826:Foot Orthoses / Q000592:standards*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000592:standards; D012775:Shoes / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Arthrosis; Insoles; Orthopedic shoes; Rheumatic foot; Rheumatoid arthritis