Seasonality of Ankle Swelling: Population Symptom Reporting Using Google Trends.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1370/afm.1953 and PMC identifier 4940466.
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Abstract
In our experience, complaints of ankle swelling are more common in summer, typically from patients with no obvious cardiovascular disease. Surprisingly, this observation has never been reported. To objectively establish this phenomenon, we sought evidence of seasonality in the public's Internet searches for ankle swelling. Our data, obtained from Google Trends, consisted of all related Google searches in the United States from January 4, 2004, to January 26, 2016. Consistent with our expectations and confirmed by similar data for Australia, Internet searches for information on ankle swelling are highly seasonal (highest in midsummer), with seasonality explaining 86% of search volume variability.
Medical subject headings
- Ankle
- Edema
- Search Engine
- Seasons