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7               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about plantar fasciitis and death from plantar fasciitis.
Meaning of plantar fasciitis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, plantar fasciitis:
(a)          means a painful inflammatory or degenerative condition of the plantar fascia of the foot; and
(b)          excludes plantar fibromatosis.
Note: Clinical manifestations typically include pain in the inferior heel that is worse with the first steps in the morning or after a period of inactivity. There may be tenderness of the inferior heel.
Death from plantar fasciitis
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, plantar fasciitis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's plantar fasciitis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.