J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1987 Jan; 69(1): 38-40.

Nutritional osteomalacia presenting with plantar fasciitis.

Paice EW, Hoffbrand BI.

We report five patients with nutritional osteomalacia who presented with the symptoms and signs of plantar fasciitis. All the patients were Asian vegetarian women. All improved with treatment of the osteomalacia, albeit slowly in two cases.