Plantar fasciitis – to jab or to support? A systematic review of the current best evidence

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 155-164

  Uden, Hayley ^a   Boesch, Eva ^a   Kumar, Saravana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Cortisone injection; Heel pain; Orthoses; Orthotics; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857455434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S20053     Document Type: Article

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