Plantar enthesopathy: Thickening of the enthesis is correlated with energy dissipation of the plantar fat pad during walking

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2522-2527

  Wearing, Scott C ^a,b,c   Smeathers, James E ^a,d   Urry, Stephen R ^a,d   Sullivan, Patrick M ^a,e   Yates, Bede ^a,e   Dubois, Philip ^a,e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^e Mater Private Hospital Brisbane   (Australia)

Author keywords

biomechanics; enthesis; heel pain; plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOT; HEEL; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STATISTICS; WALKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOOT; HEEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WALKING;

EID: 78650327551     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510377405     Document Type: Article

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