Is radiographic evaluation necessary in children with a clinical diagnosis of calcaneal apophysitis (sever disease)?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-550

  Rachel, James N ^a   Williams, John Barton ^a   Sawyer, Jeffrey R ^a   Warner Jr , William C ^a   Kelly, Derek M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apophysitis; calcaneus; heel pain; radiographic finding

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE CYST; BONE DISEASE; CALCANEAL APOPHYSITIS; CALCANEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; CALCANEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958774176     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e318219905c     Document Type: Article

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