Heel Pain and Body Weight
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Foot & Ankle
- Vol. 9 (5) , 254-256
- https://doi.org/10.1177/107110078900900509
Abstract
Body weight has been implicated as a factor in plantar heel pain. In this study, a statistically significant correlation between heel pain and increased body weight is documented in a series of consecutive plantar heel pain patients.Keywords
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