Effectiveness of Myofascial trigger point dry needling combined with a stretching exercise regimen in the management of plantar fasciitis: A pilot randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- Plantar Fasciitis.Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12613000426785
- Lead Sponsor
- Associate Professor Reza Naraghi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Male or female who are above the age of 18 years old.
- Have a correctly diagnosed unilateral plantar fasciitis condition.
- At least one identifiable MTrPs within the calf muscle complex.
- Foot Posture Index between -8 to +8.
- Without previous foot and ankle surgery or fractures for at least two years.
- Currently in a trial evaluating other treatments for their plantar fasciitis.
- Currently treating their plantar fasciitis or intend to treat their condition by other means during the study period.
- Unable to give informed consent.
- A known hypersensitivity to metal.
- A history of injection therapy in the heel in the previous treatment.
- A history of surgery to plantar fascia.
- History of plantar heel pain secondary to connective tissue disease.
- Previous adverse effects from dry needling.
- Needle phobic participants.
- At risk of impaired healing (e.g. Diabetes, Peripheral vascular disease, Keloid scarring).
- Immune-compromised participants with risk of infection and impaired healing.
- History of inflammatory, osseous, metabolic, vascular, musculoskeletal or neurological disorders and abnormalities.
- Pregnant during the study period.
- Current medications which may affect wound healing. Eg. Anticoagulants (warfarin, heparin) or immunosuppressant drugs (systemic steroids).
- Presence of Osseous Equinus.
- If the subject is suffering from any medical condition, of which the attending person deem it inappropriate for the participant to partake in the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All the questions in Foot Health Status Questionnaire[1 - Before treatment<br>2 - Immediately after treatment<br>3 - 2 week follow up]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight bearing lunge test:<br>Distance of the Hallux from the wall to the nearest 0.1cm.<br><br>Angle of the tibial relative to the vertical to the nearest 0.1.[1 - Before treatment<br>2 - Immediately after treatment<br>3 - 2 week follow up]