Disease relevance of Fasciitis, Plantar

• The diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis was based on: history of plantar fasciitis, bilateral Achilles tendinitis, inflammatory spinal pain with limitation of lumbar spine mobility (positive Schober test), radiological evidence of grade 2 bilateral sacroiliitis, presence of HLA-B27 [1].
• A 45-year-old man presented with pain, erythemia, edema, and increased warmth to his left foot after 2 cortisone injections into his left heel over a 2-month period for plantar fasciitis [2].
• However, the plantar aponeurosis on the asymptomatic side in patients with unilateral idiopathic plantar fasciitis (P<0.2), rheumatoid arthritis (P<0.2) and ankle injury (P<0.1) demonstrated no significant thickening [3].

High impact information on Fasciitis, Plantar

• Scintigraphic localisation of steroid injection site in plantar fasciitis [4].
• All patients received prefabricated soft insoles and a three-week course of celecoxib, and they also viewed an educational video on plantar fasciitis [5].
• The degenerative-atrophic pattern was less frequent (1.1% in RA, 1.9% in SpA), and was associated with plantar fasciitis and subcalcaneal enthesophyte [6].
• The thickness of the plantar fascia and mean VAS values in the plantar fasciitis group decreased significantly 1 month after steroid injection (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, respectively) and a further decrease was noted 6 months postinjection (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, respectively) [7].
• RE: J Kiffer et al. - Letter to the Editor regarding F Schwarz et al. - Are single fractions of radiotherapy suitable for plantar fasciitis [8]?

Chemical compound and disease context of Fasciitis, Plantar

• Iontophoresis of 0.4% dexamethasone for plantar fasciitis [9].

Anatomical context of Fasciitis, Plantar

• OBJECTIVE: To investigate the value of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and changes in plantar fascia following ultrasound guided local steroid injection [10].

Gene context of Fasciitis, Plantar

• Plantar fasciitis was found in 26% of RA, in 37% of PsA, and in 15% of NOA and 12% of EOA [11].
• Treatment of plantar fasciitis with night splint and shoe modifications consisting of a steel shank and anterior rocker bottom [12].
• Treatment of plantar fasciitis with a night splint and shoe modification consisting of a steel shank and anterior rocker bottom [13].
• JAMA patient page. Plantar fasciitis [14].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Fasciitis, Plantar

• Most interventions used to manage plantar fasciitis have not been studied adequately; however, shoe inserts, stretching exercises, steroid injection, and custom-made night splints may be beneficial [15].

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