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Table 1 Overview about the radiological findings and the outcome after treatment based on VAS and FAOS scoring scales

From: Visualization of stress fractures of the foot using PET-MRI: a feasibility study

Patient number

Sex

Age (years)

X-ray findings

18F-Fluoride PET-MRI findings

FAOS (before treatment)

VAS (before treatment)

FAOS (after treatment)

VAS (after treatment)

1

Female

20

No specific findings

Soft tissue oedema

    

2a

Male

25

No specific findings

Stress fracture base OMT V

41.7

3

50

1

3a,b

Female

49

No specific findings

OMT I: stress fracture, OMT IV: stress reaction

24.75

4

45

2

4

Male

29

No specific findings

Tenosynovitis of extensor compartment

    

5b

Female

45

No specific findings

Caput OMT III/IV: stress reaction

20

3

35

1

6

Female

60

No specific findings

Caput tali: stress reaction

    

7

Male

28

No specific findings

Unremarkable

    

8

Female

78

Osteoarthrosis of the ankle joint

Osteoarthrosis of several joints

    

9b

Female

64

No specific findings

Anterior calcaneal process: stress reaction

23.75

3

29.75

3

10b

Male

61

No specific findings

Caput OMT II: stress reaction, osteoarthrosis of multiple joints

30.75

4

38

2

11

Female

68

Osteoarthrosis of the ankle joint

Osteoarthrosis of several joints

    

12

Female

54

No specific findings

Osteoarthrosis after trimalleolar fracture

    

13a,b

Female

58

No specific findings

Cuboid: acute stress fracture; anterior calcaneal process: stress reaction; calcaneus: old stress fracture

48.75

3

64.25

1

14

Male

72

No specific findings

Osteoarthrosis of several joints

    

15a,b

Female

26

No specific findings

OMT III: stress fracture, sesamoid bone: stress reaction

45.7

5

45.7

2

16

Male

22

Bone cyst

Aneurysmatic bone cyst

    

17

Male

27

No specific findings

Talus: osteochondral lesions

    

18

Male

55

Osteoarthrosis of the ankle joint

Osteoarthrosis of multiple joints

    

19

Male

74

Osteoarthrosis of the ankle joint

Osteoarthrosis of the ankle joint

    

20b

Female

67

No specific findings

Anterior calcaneal process: stress reaction

52

4

62

1

  1. The 20 patients that have been included in our study are listed with age and gender. Primary radiological findings (X-ray and PET-MRI) are listed as well as the FAOS and VAS scores before and after our conservative treatment
  2. aStress fracture
  3. bStress reaction