Plantar Heel Pain

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-245

  Toomey, E Pepper ^a  

^a Swedish Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Heel spur syndrome; Nerve entrapment; Plantar fasciitis; Plantar heel pain; Sever's disease

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEEL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; REVIEW; SPLINT; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; HEEL; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SPLINTS;

EID: 66349090409     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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