Commonly referred to as the heel bone, the calcaneus is the bone in the heel of the foot. This bone helps support the foot and is important in normal walking motions. The joint above the calcaneus ...

A bruised heel is an injury to the fat pad that protects the heel bone (calcaneus). It can develop from repeated impact through the heel bone or from a single event, such as jumping from a ...

New research published in Royal Society Open Science took a deep dive into how human feet change shape with size, and the ...

Between 1983 and 1995, we used subtalar arthrodesis to treat 16 consecutive patients for continued pain after an intra-articular calcaneal fracture. Average time to union was 3 months (2 to 4 months).

This week we are going to discuss a particular specialty of study, that being, the study of foot biomechanics. Foot biomechanics are the mechanical relationships between the varying bones and ...

1 Department of Optometry and Radiography, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China 2 Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, ...