The Analysis of the Relationship Between Body Composition and Foot Pain in Patients with Calcaneal Spur

Objective: Calcaneal spur is a disease frequently seen in overweight and obese adult population and has a serious impact on the quality of patients’ lives. The aim of our study was to analyze the relationship between foot pain and body composition in this population. Material and Methods: In this study which was carried out on 44 calcaneal spur patients aged between 25-55 years, pain level and number of painful sites were used to evaluate foot pain whereas body mass index, waist-hip ratio, fat percentage, fat mass, fat free mass data obtained from subcutaneous fat mass measurements were used to evaluate adipose tissue. Results: The prevalance of chronic diseases was found to be higher in obese patients when compared to other patients with calcaneal spur. There wasn’t a significant relationship between parameters associated with foot pain and parameters of body composition. Conclusion: In this study, no relationship was found between foot pain and parameters of adipose tissue such as fat percentage, fat mass, fat free mass thus it was highlighted once more that we should focus on more objective measurement methods to evaluate adipose tissue