The Foot and Ankle in Rheumatology

Edited by Philip S. Helliwell, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine , University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, Mike R. Backhouse, York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK, and Heidi J. Siddle, Consultant Podiatrist, Podiatry, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, and Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musuloskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, UK

Philip Helliwell is the Professor of Clinical Rheumatology and the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, and an Honorary Consultant for the Bradford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is a member of the Assessment of Spondyloarthropathy Society (ASAS), and the co-founder and Vice President of the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA). He qualified in Oxford, working in London, Australia, and New Zealand before returning to the UK to working on psoriatic arthritis and biomechanics. Prof Helliwell is also the co-founder of the Leeds foot and ankle studies group and has published widely on foot and ankle problems in inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. He has contributed to several guidelines on management of foot and ankle problems in the UK.

Dr Backhouse has a background in podiatry, and over a decade of experience in applied clinical research. This is highly multidisciplinary and ranges from large clinical trials, to imaging and mechanism of action studies, all aiming improve the lives of people with musculoskeletal disease and other long term conditions. This work has a strong focus on the foot and ankle in rheumatoid arthritis, including physical therapies, devices, and surgical interventions for lower limb pathologies. Prior to joining York Trials Unit, Mike was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds where he held two NIHR fellowships. Mike is an elected Fellow of the College of Podiatry and Faculty of Podiatric Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. Nationally he also works with the British Society for Rheumatology, NHS England, Health Education England, amongst others and is a Past President of British Health Professions in Rheumatology.

Dr Heidi Siddle qualified as a Podiatrist from the University of Salford in 1998 and was awarded her PhD from the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds in 2013. Heidi is a Consultant Podiatrist in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and has established an internationally renowned rheumatology foot clinic. Heidi has developed a successful clinical academic career and is an Associate Professor and lead for the Foot and Ankle Studies in Rheumatology (FASTER) program at the University of Leeds. Heidi's research focuses on persistent foot and ankle disease in inflammatory arthritis and the use of ultrasound imaging to assess disease activity.

Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Michael Backhouse
York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK

Catherine Bowen
Professor in Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Maya Buch
Professor of Rheumatology and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Graham Chapman
Head of Biomechanics Research Group, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Lindsey Cherry
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Podiatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Jordan Fletcher
THIEL Cadaveric Simulation Leadership Fellow, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK

Lucy Gates
Postdoctoral Researcher in Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Andrew Grainger
Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK

Nick Harris
Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital, Leeds, UK

Philip Helliwell
Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Maggie Helliwell
Independent Non Executive Director, Airedale NHS foundation Trust, West Yorkshire, UK

Gordon Hendry
Senior Research Fellow in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

Joseph Iaquinto
Research Health Science Specialist , VA Center for Limb Loss and MoBility, Seattle, USA

Rebecca Kearney
Associate Clinical Professor, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK

Anne-Maree Keenan OBE
Professor in Applied Research, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, and Assistant Director and Training Lead, of the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK

Karl B Landorf
Associate Professor in the Discipline of Podiatry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

William Ledoux
Research Health Science Specialist , VA Center for Limb Loss and MoBility, Seattle, USA

Jane McAdam
Director of Prosthetics & Orthotics and Podiatry, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

Shannon Munteanu
Associate Professor in the Discipline of Podiatry, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

James Pickering
Associate Professor in Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Dave Roberts
Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Head of Division in Anatomy, Leeds Institute of Medical Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Edward Roddy
Reader in Rheumatology and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK,

Keith Rome
Professor of Podiatry, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Emma Rowbotham
Consultant in Musculoskeletal Radiology, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK

Heidi J. Siddle
Consultant Podiatrist, Associate Professor, and NIHR Clinical Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Deborah Turner
Professor in Podiatry, School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Edward Vital
Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Richard Wakefield
Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

"Overall, this is an excellent book. It provides a wealth of information on the specific manifestations of a wide variety of rheumatologic conditions affecting the foot and ankle." - Martin C. Yorath, DPM, Doodys