Heel Spur (Heel Spurs)

03/01/1995 - "We therefore conducted a study to determine whether insertion disorders at the calcaneum (calcaneal spurs) represent a complication of non-insulin-dependent diabetes. "
03/01/1995 - "The incidence of calcaneal spurs was studied in a group of 100 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes in comparison to 100 sex- and age-matched controls. "

11/01/1985 - "Application and assessment of microfibrillar collagen hemostat in heel spur surgery: a preliminary study."

03/01/2012 - "The presence of co-existing calcaneal spurs has often been reported but confusion exists as to whether it is a casual or significant association. "
11/12/2009 - "AG is mainly used to heal wounds and calcaneal spurs, and CO to treat gastric ulcers and wounds. "

07/01/2007 - "[Use of the electrophoresis with acetic acid in a complex treatment of heel spurs at a sanatorium]."

11/01/1961 - "Management of calcaneal spur inflammation with triamcinolone acetonide."

01/01/1999 - "In a prospective single-blind study the contact media ultrasound gel, vaseline and castor oil were examined for their effect on surface pain caused by extracorporeal shock waves used for tendinosis calcarea (n = 25), radiohumeral epicondylitis (n = 23) and plantar heel spur (n = 12). "

08/01/1970 - "[Use of hydrocortisone in the treatment of calcaneal spurs]."

12/01/1991 - "The author claims hormone therapy to be the most effective among all the known methods of nonoperative treatment of calcaneal spurs and recommends it for a wide surgical practice."

03/01/2001 - "This article describes a new technique for resecting a calcaneal spur with a smaller medial incision using the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser. "
03/01/2001 - "Resection of a plantar calcaneal spur using the holmium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Ho:YAG) laser."

01/01/1999 - "For the diagnosis of tendinosis calcarea and plantar heel spur, castor oil was significantly better than the other two contact media, while for epicondylitis there was no significant difference. "
01/01/1999 - "In a prospective single-blind study the contact media ultrasound gel, vaseline and castor oil were examined for their effect on surface pain caused by extracorporeal shock waves used for tendinosis calcarea (n = 25), radiohumeral epicondylitis (n = 23) and plantar heel spur (n = 12). "

01/01/2003 - "Obtained results allow to form conclusion that radiotherapy of calcaneal spurs is easy, effective and safe way of analgetic treatment giving good results after low fraction and total delivered doses and that its efficacy depends on symptoms duration what is correlated to disease stage."
07/01/1996 - "In a retrospective study the efficacy of orthovoltage radiotherapy for refractory painful plantar heel spur was analyzed for 3 different radiation dose concepts. "
04/01/1995 - "The efficacy of radiotherapy of the calcaneal spur was evaluated. "
02/01/2015 - "The purpose of this study is to investigate the use of low-dose radiotherapy (RT) in benign painful heel spur management. "
01/01/2015 - "Our first trial on radiotherapy for painful heel spur published in 2012 comparing the analgesic effect of a standard dose (6 × 1.0 Gy within three weeks) to that of a very low one (6 × 0.1 Gy within three weeks) resulted in a highly significant superiority of the standard dose arm. "

10/01/1985 - "Orthotic devices are also very helpful for metatarsalgia and calcaneal spurs. "
02/01/2014 - "102 consecutive patients affected by chronic plantar fasciitis with painful symptomatology for at least 6 months, intensity of pain higher than 5 on the VAS score, presence of heel spurs, use of plantar orthoses and ineffectiveness of previous therapies. "
01/01/2011 - "This article describes successful methods for orthoses casting and prescription writing for custom-molded orthoses for Achilles tendonitis, pes planus, hallux limitus, plantar fasciitis/heel spurs, lateral ankle instability, metatarsalgia, and pes cavus. "

01/01/2013 - "The study enrolled 60 patients treated for plantar heel spurs who were divided into a study group of 40 patients who underwent vibroacoustic therapy and a control group of 20 patients treated with ultrasound and laser therapy. "

01/01/2008 - "These findings support the theory that plantar calcaneal spurs may be an adaptive response to vertical compression of the heel rather than longitudinal traction at the calcaneal enthesis."
01/01/2008 - "Plantar calcaneal spurs in older people: longitudinal traction or vertical compression?"
11/01/2007 - "In a sample of elderly cadaveric specimens, using radiographic, gross morphological, and histological investigation, we demonstrate that heel spurs are generally not found in the trajectory of traction from the plantar aponeurosis enthesis or plantar muscles. "
09/01/2002 - "Contrary to popular belief, subcalcaneal heel spurs cannot be traction spurs as they do not develop within the plantar fascia itself. "

03/01/2014 - "We compared age, gender, the affected site, visual analog scale pain score, previous treatment regimen, body mass index, degree of ankle dorsiflexion, the use of steroid injections, the extent of activity, calcaneal pitch angle, the presence of a calcaneal spur, and heel alignment between the 2 groups. "
01/01/1973 - "[Treatment of the plantar calcaneal spur using intravenous hylase injections]."