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TRASOUND-GUIDED LOCAL OZONE INJECTION VS CORTICOSTEROID INJECTION IN PLANTAR FASCIITIS

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M708- Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/10/058290
Lead Sponsor
AIIMS BHUBANESWAR
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Plantar fasciitis with pain not relieving after three months or more with conventional physical exercises and footwear modification

2. Tenderness while palpating of the medial calcaneal tubercle or plantar fascia on its insertion

3. Pain intensity = 4 or more in Visual analog scale (VAS) score

4. Plantar fascia thickness of more than 4 mm with hypoechoic change at the insertion point of the calcaneum on ultrasound

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any trauma to the ankle or calcaneal

2. Tibial nerve neuropathy (Positive Tinel’s sign)

3. Any history of systemic inflammatory or connective tissue disease, vascular insufficiency or peripheral neuropathy causing heel pain

4. Lumbar disc herniation with radiating pain to the lower limb

5. Systemic diseases like uncontrolled diabetes or gout

6. Any heel surgery done or local injections taken within the last six months

7. Any local lesion in the injection site

8. Coagulation disorder, Allergic reaction to local anesthetic, ozone, and steroid in past, pregnancy

9. Switch to any other treatment modality during the 12 weeks of follow up in post injection period.

10. Refusal to consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of painTimepoint: AT BASELINE AND 2,6,12 WEEKS AFTER INJECTIO
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. Foot function assessment using FAAM scale <br/ ><br>2. Plantar fascia thickness measurement using ultrasound <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: AT BASELINE AND 2,6,12 WEEKS AFTER INJECTION <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>
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