Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD Commonly referred to as the heel bone, the calcaneus is the bone in the heel of the foot. This bone helps support the foot and is important in normal ...

detecting occult fractures not revealed on radiographs, and diagnosing bone stress injury before radiographic changes. Sonographic evaluation of bone, however, has limitations and should always be ...

in JAMA Network Open. Nonetheless, their study showed that a first fracture at any decade of life was associated with an increased fracture risk following bone mineral density testing ...