To compare the effects of conservative treatment (pain killers and heat treatment) and different types of exercises (calf and plantar fascia stretching) in patients with heel pain (plantar fasciitis)
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M722- Plantar fascial fibromatosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/07/006029
- Lead Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 140
1. Patients diagnosed clinically with plantar fasciitis with symptoms not less than 6 weeks.
2. Age : 25-65 years
3. Both genders
4. Patients with moderate â?? severely affected Activities of Daily Living as on Foot Ankle Disability Index (FADI).
5. Patients who are willing to participate and are willing to omit any other treatment
1. Patients unable to do stretching due to painful hip or knee
2. Patients on con- committant therapy
3. Patients who have taken previous steroid injection.
4. Patients with history of psychosocial dysfunction
5. Patients applying for Worksmanâ??s Compensation
6. Patients who have undergone surgery.
7. Patients who have other pathological disorders causing pain in heel.
8. Patients with Body Mass Index (BMI) > 25
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method FOOT FUNCTION INDEX, <br/ ><br>FOOT ANKLE DISABILITY INDEX <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 3 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: 3 years