Multicentric randomised trial concerning the effect of radiotherapy for painful heel spur with very low doses

Completed

• Conditions: Painful heel spur; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Musculoskeletal pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN94220918
• Lead Sponsor: German Cooperative Group on Radiotherapy for Benign Diseases (GCGBD) (Germany)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

1. Clinical proof of a painful heel spur with a duration of anamnesis of more than six months
2. Radiological proof of a heel spur using conventional radiographs
3. Facultatively: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI/MRT), ultrasound, bone scan with proof of an inflammation of the plantar aponeurosis
4. Typical clinical symptoms: tenderness of the calcaneus
5. Typical functional deficits: limitation of the distance that can be walked without pain
6. Aged greater than or equal to 40 years
7. Karnofsky performance index greater than or equal to 70%
8. Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous radiotherapy to the foot
2. Previous trauma to the foot
3. Additional rheumatic diseases, arterial obturation, severe venous insufficiency, lymphatic oedema of the leg involved
4. Pregnancy, time period of breastfeeding
5. Severe psychiatric disorder
6. Legal incapacitation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified