Effect of Acetic Acid Shockwave Phonophoresis on Calcaneal spur patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Orthopaedics

• Registration Number: PACTR202112901686623
• Lead Sponsor: Mostafa Ali Elwan

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects included in this study will have all of the following criteria:
- Heel pain with a calcaneal spur.
- Calcaneal spur in a lateral calcaneal x-ray.
- Patient’s age ranged from 30 to 65 years.
- Patients with a calcaneal spur.
- Patients with intact sensory perception.
- At least 6 weeks from last corticosteroid injection; 4 weeks from the last local anaesthetic injection, iontophoresis, ultrasound, and electrotherapy

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects excluded in this study for any of the following cases:
- History of fracture or surgery of the heel or ankle.
- Presence of inflammatory joint disease.
- Marked osteoporotic patient.
- Presence of ankylosing spondylitis or other inflammatory joint diseases.
- Heart pacemaker use.
- Patient on anticoagulant and coagulation disease.
- Skin wound or ulcers.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
calcaneal spur length and width in (mm)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pressure pain threshold (PPT):;Pain intensity level assessment: by visual analogue scale.;Activity of daily living: by Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) scale