Plantar Fasciitis: Current Diagnostic Modalities and Treatments

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-380

  Healey, Kevin ^a   Chen, Katherine ^a  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot; Heel pain; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE INJURY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BURSITIS; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT INJURY; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTITIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REITER SYNDROME; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPLINT; STRESS FRACTURE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TENDON RUPTURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; SPLINTS;

EID: 77955316670     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2010.03.002     Document Type: Review

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