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The relationship of pes planus and calcaneal spur to plantar heel pain. 1994

S Prichasuk, and T Subhadrabandhu

Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bangkok, Thailand.

A prospective study of pes planus by using calcaneal pitch and calcaneal spur was carried out in 82 patients with plantar heel pain and in 400 normal subjects. The mean normal calcaneal pitch was 20.54 degrees. The mean calcaneal pitch in patients with plantar heel pain was 15.99 degrees, which was significantly lower than in normal subjects. The incidence of calcaneal spur in normal subjects and in patients with plantar heel pain was 15.5% percent (62 of 400) and 65.9% (54 of 82), respectively. Again, this was a highly significant difference. Excessive weight gain, aging, and gender may be important factors effecting the lowering of the pitch and the increasing of spur formation. These factors could lead to the development of plantar heel pain.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010146	Pain	An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by NERVE ENDINGS of NOCICEPTIVE NEURONS.	Suffering, Physical,Ache,Pain, Burning,Pain, Crushing,Pain, Migratory,Pain, Radiating,Pain, Splitting,Aches,Burning Pain,Burning Pains,Crushing Pain,Crushing Pains,Migratory Pain,Migratory Pains,Pains, Burning,Pains, Crushing,Pains, Migratory,Pains, Radiating,Pains, Splitting,Physical Suffering,Physical Sufferings,Radiating Pain,Radiating Pains,Splitting Pain,Splitting Pains,Sufferings, Physical
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D002111	Calcaneus	The largest of the TARSAL BONES which is situated at the lower and back part of the FOOT, forming the HEEL.	Heel Bone,Bone, Heel
D005096	Exostoses	Benign hypertrophy that projects outward from the surface of bone, often containing a cartilaginous component.	Exostosis
D005260	Female		Females
D005413	Flatfoot	Anomaly in which one or more of the arches of the feet are flat.	Pes Planus,Acquired Adult Flatfoot Deformity,Convex Foot,Convex Pes Valgus,Flat Feet,Flat Foot,Flatfeet,Flexible Flatfoot,Pes Valgus, Congenital Convex,Rigid Flatfoot,Rocker-Bottom Foot,Splayfoot,Talipes Calcaneovalgus,Talipes Valgus,Vertical Talus,Vertical Talus, Congenital,Calcaneovalgus, Talipes,Congenital Vertical Talus,Feet, Flat,Flatfoot, Flexible,Flatfoot, Rigid,Foot, Convex,Foot, Flat,Foot, Rocker-Bottom,Pes Valgus, Convex,Rocker Bottom Foot,Talus, Congenital Vertical,Talus, Vertical,Valgus, Talipes
D005534	Foot Diseases	Anatomical and functional disorders affecting the foot.	Foot Disease
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man