Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Understanding the nature and mechanism of foot pain. | Journal of Foot and Ankle Research BioMed Central Open Access Understanding the nature and mechanism of foot pain Fiona Hawke 1 and Joshua Burns2 Address 1Podiatry Department School of Health Sciences Faculty of Health University of Newcastle NSW Australia and institute for Neuroscience and Muscular Research The Children s Hospital at Westmead Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Medicine The University of Sydney NSW Australia Email Fiona Hawke - Joshua Burns - Joshuab2@ Corresponding author Published 14 January 2009 Received 7 May 2008 Accepted 14 January 2009 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2009 2 1 doi l757-ll46-2-l This article is available from http content 2 l l 2009 Hawke and Burns licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Approximately one-quarter of the population are affected by foot pain at any given time. It is often disabling and can impair mood behaviour self-care ability and overall quality of life. Currently the nature and mechanism underlying many types of foot pain is not clearly understood. Here we comprehensively review the literature on foot pain with specific reference to its definition prevalence aetiology and predictors classification measurement and impact. We also discuss the complexities of foot pain as a sensory emotional and psychosocial experience in the context of clinical practice therapeutic trials and the placebo effect. A deeper understanding of foot pain is needed to identify causal pathways classify diagnoses quantify severity evaluate long term implications and better target clinical intervention. Background Foot pain is experienced by 17 to 42 of the adult population 1-4 . It is .
