Calcaneal spurs in a black African population.
The radiological incidence of calcaneal spurs in a black African population was studied. Our findings show that spur incidence increased with age and was greater in females than in males. These results, the first from a large, exclusively African population, are similar to those from previous studies of individuals from other continents.
Banadda
B M
BM
Department of Anatomy, University of Zimbabwe, Harare.
Gona
O
O
Vaz
R
R
Ndlovu
D M
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005096:Exostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012737:Sex Factors; D015030:Zimbabwe