The heel-pad compressibility
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Published on: September 14, 2017
S Prichasuk1, P Mulpruek, P Siriwongpairat
1Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Thailand.
Abstract:
Heel-pad thickness and compressibility were studied in the feet of 400 normal subjects by loaded and unloaded lateral radiographs. The normal unloaded heel-pad thickness was 18.70 +/- 2.46 mm. The thickness was greater in men than in women and increased with age. The heel-pad compressibility index was 0.53 +/- 0.09. The compressibility increased with age, but there was no significant difference with gender. An increase in body weight led to an increase in heel-pad thickness and loss of elasticity.

