The thickness of heel fat-pad in patients with plantar fasciitis.

CONCLUSION: The results indicate that USG is an accurate and reliable imaging technique for the measurement of THP in the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and the heel pad was thinner in the painful heels of patients with plantar fasciitis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Diagnostic Study. PMID: 31444011 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc Source Type: research