Table 2.
Data, n (%) | Plantar fascia insertion in calcaneus (n = 70 entheses) | Achilles tendon insertion in calcaneus (n = 70 entheses) |
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Clinical presentations, n (%) | - | - |
Tender | 17/70 (19.5%) | 33/70 (37.9%) |
Swollen | 0/70 (0 %) | 3/70 (3.4%) |
Pain x-ray of heel, n (%) | - | - |
Osteophyte (spur) | 11/70 (12.6%) | 14/70 (16.1%) |
Erosions | 3/70 (3.4%) | 2/70 (2.3%) |
Ultrasonography, n (%) | - | - |
US tendon thickened* | 16/70 (55.2%) | 10/70 (34.5%) |
US Enthesophyte | 9/70 (10.3%) | 13/70 (14.9%) |
US Bone erosion | 2/70 (6.9%) | 2/70 (2.3%) |
US Bursitis | 0/70 (0%) | 2/70 (2.3%) |
Achilles tendon >5.29 mm, plantar aponeuroses >4.4 mm;.
**p< 0.0001= highly significant,*p<0.05=significant.