Comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in assessment of the heel pad compressibility index of patients with plantar heel pain syndrome. Measurement of the fat pad in plantar heel pain syndrome.

Abstract

Conclusion. - Measuring unloaded and loaded heel pad thickness by ultrasonography is reliable in the adult feet with heel pain. The preference of ultrasonography is reasonable in the studies involving the heel fat pad. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved