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6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about plantar fibromatosis and death from plantar fibromatosis.
Meaning of plantar fibromatosis
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, plantar fibromatosis:
(a)          means a benign, progressive fibroproliferative disease of the plantar fascia and the digital fascia of the foot, which causes puckering and thickening of the plantar skin and nodule and cord formation in the fascia that may progress to contracture of the digits; and
(b)          excludes:
(i)            plantar fasciitis;
(ii)         plantar fascial tear;
(iii)       hyperplastic wound scarring; and
(iv)        soft tissue benign or malignant neoplasia.
Note: plantar fibromatosis is also known as Ledderhose disease or morbus Ledderhose.
Death from plantar fibromatosis
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, plantar fibromatosis, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's plantar fibromatosis.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.