Atraumatic Partial Plantar Fascia Rupture in an Elite Football Player
Hakan Kazaz1
, Atilla Çağatay Sezik2, Mehmet Mesut Çelebi1
1Department of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
2Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yüksek İhtisas University, Ankara, Türkiye
Keywords: Football, heel pain, plantar fascia, rupture, elite athletes
Abstract
Partial or complete plantar fascia ruptures are rare and typically associated with acute trauma or chronic plantar fascia pathologies. Plantar fascia rupture in athletes without risk factors, such as plantar fasciopathy or corticosteroid injections, are uncommon. A 32-year-old professional football (soccer) player who developed a plantar fascia rupture without a history of acute trauma has been presented. Plantar fascia ruptures should be considered in the differential diagnosis of heel pain, particularly in athletes with intense training and competition schedules.
Cite as: Kazaz H, Sezik AÇ, Çelebi MM. Atraumatic partial plantar fascia rupture in an elite football player. Turk J Sports Med. 2026; https://doi.org/10.47447/tjsm.1019
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Concept: HK, MMÇ; design: HK, AÇS; supervision: MMÇ; materials: HK, AÇS; data collection and/or processing: HK, AÇS; analysis and interpretation: HK; literature review: HK; writing manuscript: HK; critical reviews: MMÇ. All authors contributed to the final version of the manuscript and discussed the results and contributed to the final manuscript.
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to authorship and/or publication of the article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or publication of this article.
