"It is named after James Warren Sever (1878-1964), an American orthopaedic surgeon, who first described it in 1912 1,11."
"The condition is thought to result from repetitive microtrauma to the growth plates of the calcaneus. Obesity and high activity levels have been demonstrated as risk factors for Sever disease, but the literature is conflicting as no association with BMI, and association with low activity levels, have been demonstrated in other studies 6,14-16."
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