The Diagnosis and Treatment of Heel Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline–Revision 2010

• Published in: The Journal of foot and ankle surgery Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. S1 - S19
• Main Authors: Thomas, James L., Christensen, Jeffrey C., Kravitz, Steven R., Mendicino, Robert W., Schuberth, John M., Vanore, John V., Weil, Lowell Scott, Zlotoff, Howard J., Bouché, Richard, Baker, Jeffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Achilles enthesopathy; Achilles Tendon; Achilles tendonitis; Biological and medical sciences; calcaneal enthesopathy; Chronic Disease; Combined Modality Therapy; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fasciitis, Plantar - complications; Fasciitis, Plantar - diagnosis; Fasciitis, Plantar - surgery; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Foot Diseases - diagnosis; Foot Diseases - therapy; Heel; heel neuroma; heel pain; heel spur syndrome; Humans; Juxtaarticular diseases. Extraarticular rhumatism; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Orthopedic Procedures - methods; Orthopedics; Pain - diagnosis; Pain - etiology; Pain Management; Physical Examination; plantar fasciitis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; radiculopathy; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; spur; tarsal tunnel; Tendinopathy - complications; Tendinopathy - diagnosis; Tendinopathy - therapy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Achilles tendonitis; tarsal tunnel; calcaneal enthesopathy; heel neuroma; plantar fasciitis; heel pain; Achilles enthesopathy; radiculopathy; heel spur syndrome; spur; Juxtaarticular disease; Skin disease; Tendo calcaneus; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Enthesopathy; Pain; Disease of the foot; Heel spur syndrome; Benign neoplasm; Diagnosis; Connective tissue disease; Reoperation; Nervous system diseases; Heel; Neuroma; Fasciitis; Foot; Foot sole; Treatment; Orthopedics
• ISSN: 1067-2516; 1542-2224; 1542-2224
• DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.01.001

Heel pain, whether plantar or posterior, is predominantly a mechanical pathology although an array of diverse pathologies including neurologic, arthritic, traumatic, neoplastic, infectious, or vascular etiologies must be considered. This clinical practice guideline (CPG) is a revision of the original 2001 document developed by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) heel pain committee.