Plantar fascia anatomy and its relationship with Achilles tendon and paratenon

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 665-676

  Stecco, Carla ^a   Corradin, Marco ^a   Macchi, Veronica ^a   Morra, Aldo ^b   Porzionato, Andrea ^a   Biz, Carlo ^a   De Caro, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Euganea Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Fasciacyte; Hyaluronan; Paratenon; Plantar aponeurosis; Plantar fascia; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FOOT PAIN; HEEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOSITIS; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATENON; PERIOSTEUM; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE;

ACHILLES TENDON; FASCIACYTE; HYALURONAN; PARATENON; PLANTAR APONEUROSIS; PLANTAR FASCIA; PLANTAR FASCIITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84887408900     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12111     Document Type: Article

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