Real-time sonoelastography of the plantar fascia: Comparison between patients with plantar fasciitis and healthy control subjects

Radiology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-200

  Sconfienza, Luca Maria ^a,b   Silvestri, Enzo ^c   Orlandi, Davide ^d   Fabbro, Emanuele ^d   Ferrero, Giulio ^d   Martini, Chiara ^d   Sardanelli, Francesco ^a,b   Cimmino, Marco Amedeo ^e  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Evangelico Internazionale   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPH; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FASCIAL THICKENING; FEMALE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME SONOELASTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875437347     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12120969     Document Type: Article

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