Plantar and medial heel pain: Diagnosis and management

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 372-380

  Lareau, Craig R ^a,b   Sawyer, Gregory A ^b   Wang, Joanne H ^a   DiGiovanni, Christopher W ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOT DISEASE; HEEL; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; REVIEW; STRESS FRACTURE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FOOT DISEASES; FRACTURES, STRESS; HEEL; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

EID: 84906568159     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/JAAOS-22-06-372     Document Type: Article

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