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Keywords:
Extremities, Musculoskeletal soft tissue, MR, Diagnostic procedure, Occupational / Environmental hazards, Patterns of Care, Transplantation
Authors:
S. A. Z. Khodair, R. L. Younes; Qwuesna/EG
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2015/C-0809
Aims and objectives
To determine the type and frequency of characteristic MRI changes of the plantaris fascia in patients with painful heel and wear high heel shoes.
Introduction:
Women are interested to wear high-heeled shoes to increase their attractiveness.
High-heeled shoes might create harmful effects to the musculoskeletal system.(1)
Furthermore earlier studies proved that the function of foot and lower extremity will be changed due to wearing high heeled shoes.
(2) Plantar fasciitis (also known as plantar fasciopathy or jogger's heel) is a common painful disorder affecting the heel and underside of the foot.
It is a disorder of the insertion site of ligament on the calcaneous bone and is characterized by scarring,
inflammation,
or structural breakdown of the foot's plantar fascia.
It is often caused by overuse injury of the plantar fascia.(3)
Plantar fasciitis is the most common injury of the plantar fascia and is the most common cause of heel pain.
It is commonly associated with excessive inward rolling of the foot as in high heel.
Individuals with plantar fasciitis often have difficulty with dorsiflexion of the foot.(4)
Though plantar fasciitis was originally thought to be an inflammatory process,
newer studies have demonstrated structural changes more consistent with a degenerative process or repetitive minor trauma.
As a result of this new observation,
many in the academic community have stated that the condition should be renamed plantar fasciosis.(4)
Understanding of the normal anatomy of the plantar aponeurosis (PA) and familiarity with pathologic conditions are required for an accurate evaluation of the patient with heel pain.(5)
The output of this research is describing the effect of wearing high heel on plantar fascia.
In this study,
we evaluated the diagnostic capabilities of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in the assessment of the PA in correlation with the use of high heel