Radial shockwave therapy at plantar fascia and gastrocnemius muscle compare with conventional physiotherapy for treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis
- Conditions
- Plantar fasciitis
- Registration Number
- TCTR20161004001
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 84
•Diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, with clinical start up pain of heel ,tenderness at medial tubercle of calcaneal tuberosity and plantar fascia thickness greater than 4 mm, as assessed using ultrasonography (Sonosite, Bothell, WA 98021 USA)
•Age more than 20 years old
•Painful symptoms for three months or more
•Ability to come to the hospital for evaluation and treatment
•using a heart pacemaker or anticoagulant medication
•coagulopathy and other musculoskeletal conditions of any etiology with clinical manifestations in the lower limbs and spine
•central or peripheral neuropathy
•systemic inflammatory disease, associated metabolic and endocrine diseases and psychiatric disorders
•previous surgery of the foot
•previous fracture of ankle and foot
•previous corticosteroid injection at plantar fascia within 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method morning pain, gait and standing upright at 1 year after treatment at immediate, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention Visual analog scale (VAS) ,morning pain, gait and standing upright at 1 year after treatment Visual analog scale (VAS) for morning pain, gait and standing upright at 1 year after treatment
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ankle range of motion at immediate, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months after the intervention Digital goniometer