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Giving manual therapy to heel to reduce pain and thickness beneath the foot

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure,
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/07/054640
Lead Sponsor
MGM School Of Phsyiotherapy
Brief Summary

Excessive stress on the plantar fascia causesplantar fasciitis and we aim reducing the pain for the same. This studyintroduces effectiveness of subtalar mobilization on plantar fasciitis toreduce pain and improve plantar fascia thickness using ultrasonographicmeasurements on Indian population. The use of ultrasound imaging will help usmeasure the plantar fascia thickness and diagnose it easily.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • 1.Willingness of the patient is taken into consideration.
  • 2.Subjects who are diagnosed with plantar fasciitis.
  • 3.Both male and female aged between 30-60 years.
  • 4.Heel and foot pain.
  • 5.Pain in the morning after taking few steps or after prolonged rest.
  • 6.Subjects who have pain less than or equal to 5 on VAS.
Exclusion Criteria
  • 1.Trauma, acute or chronic pathology.
  • 2.Any systemic illness like rheumatism and pregnancy and malignancy.
  • 3.A fracture below the knee , foot surgery.
  • 4.Fat pat syndrome or tarsal tunnel syndrome.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
UltraSonography of plantar fascia thickness at pre and post intervention of 2 weeksAt Baseline and post intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain visual analogue scale(VAS)Disability foot ankle disability index (FADI)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

MGM School of Physiotherapy

🇮🇳

Aurangabad, MAHARASHTRA, India

MGM School of Physiotherapy
🇮🇳Aurangabad, MAHARASHTRA, India
Khan Madiha Irfan
Principal investigator
7798611703
okmadiiha@gmail.com

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