Nutritional osteomalacia presenting with plantar fasciitis

Paice, EW; Bi, Hoffbrand

doi:10.1302/0301-620x.69b1.3818730

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“…A relationship to excess weight has been noted by many other authors. 4,15,20,25,30,32 The middle-aged, heavy, working individual may not be athletic, but we view the patient's problem as an overuse syndrome. The threshold level before development of symptoms may be lower in these patients as compared with the athletes.…”

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Outcome of Nonsurgical Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis

Gill

Kiebzak²

1996

Foot Ankle Int.

140

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Four hundred eleven patients with a clinical diagnosis of plantar fasciitis were assessed for predisposing factors. Each patient completed an outcomes assessment survey instrument that ranked effectiveness of various nonsurgical treatment modalities. Listed in descending order of effectiveness, the treatment modalities assessed were short leg walking cast, steroid injection, rest, ice, runner's shoe, crepe-soled shoe, aspirin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, heel cushion, low-profile plastic heel cup, heat, and Tuli's heel cup. Treatment with a cast ranked the best. The Tuli's heel cup ranked the poorest. Most of the treatments were found to be unpredictable or minimally effective. The ineffectiveness of nonsurgical treatments noted in this outcomes study is at variance with most published clinical studies in which generally favorable results are reported after nonsurgical treatment for plantar fasciitis.

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Outcome of Nonsurgical Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis

Gill

Kiebzak²

1996

Foot Ankle Int.

140

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“…The role of calcium and vitamin D in treatment of heel pain due to stress microfractures in calcaneus is well known (19)(20)(21)(22)(23). Vitamin D deficiency is mainly associated with weakness, pain of the arches, stress fractures and needs to be suspected and treated with vitamin D in patients presenting clinically as plantar fasciitis (23)(24)(25). Calcium supplementation is known to reduce or prevent tissue degenerative effects of the inflammatory disease, decrease osteoporosis and stress fractures of the foot, and promotes connective tissue regrowth (19)(20)(21)(22)(23)26).…”

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confidence: 99%