Are single fractions of radiotherapy suitable for plantar fasciitis?

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 162-169

  Schwarz, Fabian ^a   Christie, David R H ^a,b   Irving, Michael ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b East Coast Cancer Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcaneal spur syndrome; Heel spur; Plantar fasciitis; Radiotherapy; Refractory heel pain

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEEL PAIN; HEEL SPUR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PAIN; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL SPUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3843077576     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2004.01292.x     Document Type: Article

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