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Let me Google that for you: a time series analysis of seasonality in internet search trends for terms related to foot and ankle pain
Thank you for this initiative - a very interesting paper.
I note that your searches and paper consistently used the spelling 'faciitis'which I have not seen before. The variants I am familiar with are 'fasciitis' and 'fascitis'.
A quick google just now (in the UK) gave about 1,550,000 hits for 'plantar fasciitis'; 272,000 for 'plantar fascitis'and 87,400 for 'plantar faciitis'. I wonder if your conclusions would be different if you searched for the more common spellings.
Competing interests
None. Currently reviewing treatments for plantar heel pain.
Re: Spelling of search terms
Scott Telfer, Glasgow Caledonian University
31 July 2015
Hi Richard,
Thanks for your interest in the paper. The actual search data was generated using the more common spelling (you can confirm this by checking in the data files in the supplementary materials which give the exact terms used in their headers).
Spelling of search terms?
27 July 2015
Thank you for this initiative - a very interesting paper.
I note that your searches and paper consistently used the spelling 'faciitis'which I have not seen before. The variants I am familiar with are 'fasciitis' and 'fascitis'.
A quick google just now (in the UK) gave about 1,550,000 hits for 'plantar fasciitis'; 272,000 for 'plantar fascitis'and 87,400 for 'plantar faciitis'. I wonder if your conclusions would be different if you searched for the more common spellings.
Competing interests
None. Currently reviewing treatments for plantar heel pain.Re: Spelling of search terms
31 July 2015
Hi Richard,
Thanks for your interest in the paper. The actual search data was generated using the more common spelling (you can confirm this by checking in the data files in the supplementary materials which give the exact terms used in their headers).
Scott
Competing interests
N/A