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  • 标题:Seasonal Variation for Plantar Fasciitis: Evidence from Google Trends Search Query Data
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  • 作者:Seok-Min Hwang ; Seok Kim ; Suk-Hyun Hwang
  • 期刊名称:Healthcare
  • 电子版ISSN:2227-9032
  • 出版年度:2022
  • 卷号:10
  • 期号:9
  • DOI:10.3390/healthcare10091676
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:MDPI Publishing
  • 摘要:We aimed to determine the seasonal trends in internet searches for plantar fasciitis and related symptoms in various countries using search engine query data on Google. We used Google Trends to obtain internet search query data from January 2009 to December 2019. We collected monthly search volumes for the query terms “plantar fasciitis” and “heel pain” in the USA, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Statistical analysis of the seasonal effects on plantar fasciitis was performed using a cosinor model. The cosinor analyses confirmed statistically significant seasonal patterns in the relative search volumes for the terms “plantar fasciitis” and “heel pain” in the USA, Canada, the U.K., Ireland, and Australia, with peaks during the summer and troughs during the winter. For New Zealand, the seasonal trend was statistically significant only for the term “plantar fasciitis”, while a similar trend for the term “heel pain” was present without achieving statistical significance for seasonality. This seasonality is thought to be related to more frequent occurrence of plantar fasciitis due to increased physical activity of people during the warmer months. In this study, the search query data using the terms “plantar fasciitis” and “heel pain” on Google Trends show significant seasonal variation across several countries, with a peak in the summer and a trough in the winter.
  • 关键词:enplantar fasciitisheel paininternet searchseasonality
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