Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research (CDF-2015-08-032)
Article History
Received: 8 June 2020
Accepted: 14 September 2020
First Online: 24 September 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Full ethical approval was gained (IRAS: 15/SW/0251). All participants provided written informed consent. Governance for the study was approved by the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton Ethics Committee via the ERGO (Ethics and Research Governance Online) online approval system.
: Not applicable.
: Professor Catherine Bowen is the Editor in Chief UK of the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research. It is journal policy that editors are removed from the peer review and editorial decision-making processes for papers they have co-authored. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest in relation to this work.