title: Plantar fascia rupture in a professional soccer player.
abstract: We report the case of a 29-year-old male professional soccer player who presented with symptoms of plantar fasciitis. His symptoms occurred with no remarkable triggers and gradually worsened despite conservative treatments including taping, use of insoles, and physical therapy. Local corticosteroid injection was given twice as a further intervention, but his plantar fascia partially ruptured 49 days after the second injection. He was treated conservatively with platelet-rich plasma, and magnetic resonance imaging showed regenerative change of the ruptured fascia. Five months after the rupture, he returned to his original level of training. If professional athletes find it difficult to refrain from athletic activity, as in the present case, the risk of rupture due to corticosteroid injection should not be overlooked.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, the University of Tokushima.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzue
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwame
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Shoichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Yoichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sairyo
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005205:Fascia / Q000293:injuries*; D036981:Fasciitis, Plantar / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012916:Soccer
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones