plantar fasciitis
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Summary
plantar fasciitis is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,827 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: fasciitis[3], foot diseases[4]
- Commons category: Plantar fasciitis[5]
- ICPC 2 ID: L87[6]
- Anatomical location: heel[7]
- Different from: heel pad syndrome[8]
- Health specialty: rheumatology[9], podiatry[10]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: Diclofenac[11], dexamethasone[12], acetic acid[13]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9600[14], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9600[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[16]
Why It Matters
plantar fasciitis has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]