Neurosensory testing of the medial calcaneal and medial plantar nerves in patients with plantar heel pain.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
Eighty-two patients with a chief complaint of plantar heel pain were evaluated for sensory abnormalities within the cutaneous distribution of both the medial calcaneal nerve and the medial plantar nerve, using quantitative neurosensory testing with a pressure-specified sensory device. The results showed that 22.68% of the patients displayed isolated abnormal sensory function within the distribution of the medial calcaneal nerve, whereas 49.48% of the patients displayed abnormal function within the distribution of both the medial calcaneal and the medial plantar nerves. Thus, 72.17% of the patients displayed abnormal sensory function within the distribution of the medial calcaneal nerve. Statistical analysis of the results, using the Pearson chi-square statistic and odds ratio, indicated that a significant percentage of patients with plantar heel pain, even early in the clinical course of plantar heel pain, display abnormal sensibility within the branches of the posterior tibial nerve, and specifically, within the distribution of the medial calcaneal nerve (P
Volume
42
Issue
4
First Page
173
Last Page
177
ISSN
1067-2516
Published In/Presented At
Rose, J. D., Malay, D. S., & Sorrento, D. L. (2003). Neurosensory testing of the medial calcaneal and medial plantar nerves in patients with plantar heel pain. The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, 42(4), 173–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1067-2516(03)70025-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12907926
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article