The relationship of the heel pad compressibility and plantar pressure distribution

KANATLI U., Yetkin H., Simsek A., Besli K., Ozturk A. M.

FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL, vol.22, no.8, pp.662-665, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2001
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/107110070102200808
  • Journal Name: FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.662-665
  • Keywords: heel pain, heel pad flexibility, plantar pressure measurement, PAIN
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Loss of heel pad elasticity has been suggested as one of the possible explanations of heel pain. This study aimed to determine the effect of heel pad thickness and its compressibility to heel pressure distribution, in 47 (94 feet) normal subjects and 59 (94 feet) patients with heel pain, using radiological measurements and EMED-SF (Novel, Munich) plantar pressure distribution measurement system.