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Plantar Fasciitis Wheeless

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Description: one of several causes of heel pain;
- the pain is located somewhat more distally than in other causes of heel pain syndrome
- symptoms include gradual onset of pain at the origin of the plantar aponeurosis and 1 cm distal to this area
- no definitive evidence that plantar fasciitis is linked with abnormal foot posture (pes planus or pes cavus)

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Author/Contact: Wheeless
Institution: Duke
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Language: English

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Added: Sun Oct 21 2007
Last Modified: Thu May 21 2009