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Calcaneal spurs: Examining etiology using prehistoric skeletal remains to understand present day heel pain
Elizabeth Weiss
The Foot
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 125-129, September 2012

Background
Calcanei are the most common sites for bony spurs. Although calcaneal enthesophytes have been extensively researched, many unknowns remain. Whether biological factors, such as age, weight and genetics, play a greater role in calcaneal spur etiology than activity is still unknown.
Objectives

The current study examines 121 adults from a prehistoric hunter-gatherer population to aid in understanding bony spur etiology.

Methods
Calcaneal spurs are scored as present or absent on the dorsal or plantar side; they are analyzed in regards to their relationships with age, sex, osteoarthritis, cortical index, femoral head breadth and muscle markers.

Results
Dorsal and plantar spurs frequencies increase with age (chi-squares=16.90, 7.268, Ps<0.05, respectively). Dorsal spurs were more frequent than plantar spurs (chi-square=38.000; P<0.0001). There is a positive relationship with calcaneal spurs and upper limb and lower limb osteoarthritis (chi-squares=5.587, 7.640, Ps<0.05, respectively).

Conclusions
The data presented support that dorsal spurs are in part the result of activities, but plantar spurs may be a more modern phenomena resulting from long periods of standing and excess weight.
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NewsBot · Mar 18, 2015

Calcaneal spurs among San and Khoi skeletons.
Caroline C, Kirchengast S
Anthropol Anz. 2015;72(1):107-15.

Only few studies considered the prevalence of calcaneal enthesophytes commonly called heel spurs among historic skeleton samples. In the present study the frequency of plantar calcaneal spurs among 54 19(th) century Khoisan skeletons was analyzed. Five individuals (9.6 %) had a plantar calcaneal spur at the right side or left side. Calcaneal spurs were more likely to occur in older individuals. More than 20 % of the individuals aged between 40 and 60 years (mature) showed plantar spurs, while 6.2 % of the individuals aged between 20 and 40 years had plantar spurs; however this difference was not significant. No sex differences were present in the prevalence of calcaneal spurs. Male and female individuals did not differ in the metric dimensions of the calcanceal spurs significantly.
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Blarney · Mar 26, 2015

I remember an illuminating lecture from Ray Anthony back in the mid '90s (I'm sure your rember too Ray) where he told us that foot problems really developed when man invented the wheel and needed hard flat surfaces for them to run over.

That's why of course the foot is designed to be a mobile adaptor for the undulating surfaces we're all should walking on.

So now here's the research to prove it.

Their conclusion is wrong because these guys as we all know clocked up a lot more walking and standing time while doing their hunter garter thing.

Justin

www.podiatry.ie

NewsBot · Jun 12, 2015

HEEL SPUR SYNDROME: EXAMINING THE ETIOLOGY OF HEEL SPURS IN RECENT MODERN SKELETAL REMAINS
Mandy Kylie Blume
PhD Thesis; 2015

This study investigates the incidence and severity of plantar heel spurs in recent modern
historical skeletal remains in order to better understand the etiology of plantar fasciitis.
The clinical literature strongly correlates plantar spurs with plantar fasciitis, but it
remains rife with many ambiguities regarding the disease’s etiology. This study
augments the clinical literature understanding of plantar fasciitis etiology by providing
longitudinal data. The sample (unique individuals n=293, unique calcanei n=578) used
is from recent modern skeletal remains housed and stored in the Hamann-Todd Human
Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Using chi-square tests and nonparametric
ANOVA analysis, results indicated calcaneal spurs correlate with age, sex,
and body mass index in this historical American population.
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NewsBot · Oct 2, 2015

Calcaneal spurs among San and Khoi skeletons.
Caroline C, Kirchengast S
Anthropol Anz. 2015;72(1):107-15

Only few studies considered the prevalence of calcaneal enthesophytes commonly called heel spurs among historic skeleton samples. In the present study the frequency of plantar calcaneal spurs among 54 19(th) century Khoisan skeletons was analyzed. Five individuals (9.6 %) had a plantar calcaneal spur at the right side or left side. Calcaneal spurs were more likely to occur in older individuals. More than 20 % of the individuals aged between 40 and 60 years (mature) showed plantar spurs, while 6.2 % of the individuals aged between 20 and 40 years had plantar spurs; however this difference was not significant. No sex differences were present in the prevalence of calcaneal spurs. Male and female individuals did not differ in the metric dimensions of the calcanceal spurs significantly.
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