FOOTWEAR CHOICES FOR PAINFUL FEET
NOTES: Ethics approval and consent to participate
Abbreviation Ethical Approval was sought and granted by
Staffordshire University ethics committee with the
project adhering to University ethical protocols.
HAV: Hallux abducto valgus
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the support
provided by Victoria McRitchie, Senior Data
Consultant on statistical models and analysis.
Availability of data and materials
There are currently no publicly accessible data sets
that support this manuscript.
Authors’ contributions
This work was a part of the postgraduate
dissertation completed by MM; HB and NC were
involved in the design and supervision of the study.
All authors approved and contributed to writing this
manuscript as a collective group.
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