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Schneider HP, Baca JM, Carpenter BB, et al. American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons clinical consensus statement: diagnosis and treatment of adult acquired infracalcaneal heel pain. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2018 Mar-Apr;57(2):370-81.Full text Abstract
Rhim HC, Kwon J, Park J, et al. A systematic review of systematic reviews on the epidemiology, evaluation, and treatment of plantar fasciitis. Life (Basel). 2021 Nov 24;11(12).Full text Abstract
Koc TA Jr, Bise CG, Neville C, et al. Heel pain - plantar fasciitis: revision 2023. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2023 Dec;53(12):CPG1-39.Full text Abstract
American College of Radiology. ACR appropriateness criteria: chronic foot pain. 2020 [internet publication].Full text
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