Incidence of Plantar Fascia Ruptures Following Corticosteroid Injection

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 335-337

  Kim, Chul ^a   Cashdollar, Michael R ^a   Mendicino, Robert W ^a   Catanzariti, Alan R ^a   Fuge, Ladonna ^b  

^a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The Western Pennsylvania Hospital Forbes Regional Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

corticosteroids; plantar fasciitis; rupture

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE 21-PHOSPHATE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUPTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DEXAMETHASONE; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 79953159825     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640010378530     Document Type: Article

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