Otter, SKumar, SDalbeth, NDavies, KAPanthakalam, SRome, K2015-11-172015-11-172015-09-012015-09-01Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2015, 8(Suppl 2):O30 doi:10.1186/1757-1146-8-S2-O301757-1146https://hdl.handle.net/10292/9229Foot complaints are common in inflammatory arthropathies such as rheumatoid arthritis and cause considerable disability. However, little is known about the nature and extent of foot complaints in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as highlighted by a recent systematic review [1]. We set out to explore the clinical features and symptoms of foot involvement among people with SLE from the patients' perspective.© 2015 Otter et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.Journal ArticleOpenAccess10.1186/1757-1146-8-S2-O30