Plantar fasciitis and calcaneal spur formation are associated with abductor digiti minimi atrophy on MRI of the foot

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Chundru, Usha ^a   Liebeskind, Amy ^a,b   Seidelmann, Frank ^b   Fogel, Joshua ^a,c   Franklin, Peter ^b   Beltran, Javier ^a,b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Franklin and Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology Beachwood   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; MRI; Muscle atrophy; Muscle denervation; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR DIGITI MINIMI MUSCLE; ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAXTER NEUROPATHY; BIOMECHANICS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOOT; FOOT EDEMA; HEEL SPUR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL SPUR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42649124600     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0455-2     Document Type: Article

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