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Is ‘plantar heel pain’ a more appropriate term than ‘plantar fasciitis’? Time to move on

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  • Henrik Riel Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Matthew Cotchett Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Eamonn Delahunt School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Skovdal Rathleff Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Bill Vicenzino University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physiotherapy, Brisbane, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Adam Weir Department of Sports Medicine, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar AMC, Amsterdam Center of Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karl B Landorf Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Allied Health Department, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Henrik Riel, Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg 9220, Denmark; hriel{at}dcm.aau.dk
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Riel H, Cotchett M, Delahunt E, et al
Is ‘plantar heel pain’ a more appropriate term than ‘plantar fasciitis’? Time to move on
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2017;51:1576-1577.

Publication history

  • Accepted January 24, 2017
  • First published February 20, 2017.
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October 11, 2022

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