Is 'plantar heel pain' a more appropriate term than 'plantar fasciitis'? Time to move on

Henrik Riel¹, Matthew Cotchett^{2

3}, Eamonn Delahunt⁴, Michael Skovdal Rathleff¹, Bill Vicenzino⁵, Adam Weir^{6

7}, Karl B Landorf^{2

3

8}

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
² Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
³ La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physiotherapy, Brisbane, Australia.
⁶ Department of Sports Medicine, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ AMC, Amsterdam Center of Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands.
⁸ Allied Health Department, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 28219944
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097519

Editorial

Is 'plantar heel pain' a more appropriate term than 'plantar fasciitis'? Time to move on

Henrik Riel et al. Br J Sports Med. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;51(22):1576-1577.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097519. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

Authors

Henrik Riel¹, Matthew Cotchett^{2

3}, Eamonn Delahunt⁴, Michael Skovdal Rathleff¹, Bill Vicenzino⁵, Adam Weir^{6

7}, Karl B Landorf^{2

3

8}

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit for General Practice in Aalborg, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
² Discipline of Podiatry, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
³ La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
⁵ University of Queensland, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Physiotherapy, Brisbane, Australia.
⁶ Department of Sports Medicine, Aspetar Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
⁷ AMC, Amsterdam Center of Evidence Based Sports Medicine, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands.
⁸ Allied Health Department, Melbourne Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 28219944
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-097519

No abstract available

Keywords: Tendinopathy.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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