Foot orthosis treatment improves physical activity but not muscle quantity in patients with concurrent rheumatoid arthritis and sarcopenia.
Norikazu HishikawaShogo ToyamaKoshiro SawadaTakashi KawasakiSuzuyo OhashiKazuya IkomaDaisaku TokunagaYasuo MikamiPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2020)
Patients with RA-associated foot impairment had a high rate of sarcopenia. Treatment with a foot orthosis increases light-intensity physical activity such as walking, but does not enhance moderate-to-vigorous-intensity activities or increase muscle quantity.