The role of the plantar calcaneal spur is controversial. Whether the spur is due to a reactive periostitis, traction phenomena or soft tissue inflammation is still unclear.

Although rarely required for heel pain syndrome, the use of a bone scan can confirm a stress fracture and define activity at the calcaneus-plantar fascia origin in early blood pool phase.

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Metabolic syndrome affects more than 58% of patients with psoriatic arthritis and is correlated with “degenerative and metabolic changes in the spine and entheses,” according to data published in ...