Sever's Disease
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To collect some information about this topic, I searched the Web of Knowledge database, the PeDro database and the Pubmed database. The main keywords I used were: Sever’s Disease, Calcaneal Apophysitis, physiotherapy, physical therapy, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation (often a combination of keywords). I also consulted books for my research (resources).
Most successful keywords: Sever’s Disease; Calcaneal Apophysitis; treatment; physical therapy.
Keyword combinations: Sever’s Disease treatment ; Calcaneal Apophysitis treatment; physical therapy calcaneal apophysitis.
Definition/Description[edit | edit source]
Sever’s disease, also known as calcaneal apophysitis or Osgood-Schlatter syndrome of the foot. This traction apophysitis is secondary to repetitive microtraumata or overuse of the heel in young athletes. [1]
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