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To determine whether running history, anatomical measures, and gait variables can differentiate runners with current or previous plantar fasciitis from uninjured controls.

February 1, 1987Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Predicting plantar fasciitis in runners

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BWBarbara L. WarrenNew York State Department of Health CJC. Jessie JonesRobotic Research (United States)

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Observational study reveals anatomical and biomechanical measures fail to predict plantar fasciitis in runners, indicating traditional metrics lack clinical utility.

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To determine whether running history, anatomical measures, and gait variables can differentiate runners with current or previous plantar fasciitis from uninjured controls.
Evaluated N=91 runners across running history surveys, anatomical measurements, and treadmill gait trials at 3.35 m/s in barefoot and shod conditions.
Applied factor coefficients within a discriminant function analysis to predict group classification between uninjured runners and those with current or past plantar fasciitis.
Discriminant function analysis correctly classified 63% of the runners overall.
Predictor variables successfully classified 76% of healthy control runners but failed to reliably classify runners with current or former plantar fasciitis.

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Warren et al. (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70040ef44fa9f079dd88bf https://doi.org/10.1249/00005768-198702000-00015

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Observational study reveals anatomical and biomechanical measures fail to predict plantar fasciitis in runners, indicating traditional metrics lack clinical utility.

Predicting plantar fasciitis in runners

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Predicting plantar fasciitis in runners

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