Calcaneal spurs: Examining etiology using prehistoric skeletal remains to understand present day heel pain

Foot

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 125-129

  Weiss, Elizabeth ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Calcaneal spurs; Heel pain; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL INDEX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL HEAD BREATH; FEMUR HEAD; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MINIMUS MUSCLE; HEEL PAIN; HEEL SPUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; JUMPING; LINEA ASPERA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARM BONES; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HEEL SPUR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PAIN; TIBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865583327     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: 15322963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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