Painful Prominences of the Heel

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-462

  Vyce, Steven D ^a,b,c   Addis Thomas, Eliza ^d   Mathews, Erin E ^d   Perez, Sonya L ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale/VACT PM and S 36 ^*  (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Exostoses; Heel pain; Peroneal trochlea

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXOSTOSIS; FASCIOTOMY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HEEL PAIN; HEEL SPUR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON RUPTURE;

CALCANEUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOSTOSES; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; HEEL; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN;

EID: 77955320528     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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