Application of ultrasound in the assessment of plantar fascia in patients with plantar fasciitis: A systematic review

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1737-1754

  Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad Ali ^a,c   Nakhaee, Masoomeh ^a   Mousavi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Shakourirad, Ali ^b   Safari, Mohammad Reza ^a   Vahab Kashani, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Plantar fascia; Plantar fasciitis; Review; Systematic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; REVIEWS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

GENERAL POPULATION; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; LITERATURE SEARCH; PLANTAR FASCIA; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; SYSTEMATIC; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIA THICKNESS; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FOOT;

FASCIA; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FOOT; HUMANS;

EID: 84902079009     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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