ltrasound-guided Prolotherapy, Oxygen-ozone and corticosteroid injection for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
- Conditions
- Plantar Fasciitis.Plantar fascial fibromatosis (fasciitis)M72.2
- Registration Number
- IRCT20151017024572N24
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
More than three months of heel pain (in medial aspect) which is worst with the first few steps after awakening.
Pain and tenderness elicited by palpation of the medial calcaneal or the proximal plantar fascia.
Visual analog scale (VAS) score greater than or equal to 4.
Sonographic plantar fascia thickness greater than 4 mm with hypoechoic change at insertion point to the calcaneus.
History of ankle or calcaneal trauma.
Positive Tinel’s sign on the tibial nerve (posterior to medial malleoli).
History of systemic inflammatory or connective tissue disease such as rheumatoid arthritis.
History of lumbar disc herniation with S1 radiculopathy.
History of gout.
Uncontrolled diabetes.
History of heel surgery or injections in the last six months.
Cystic or mass lesion at the site of the painful heel.
History of paresthesia, numbness or peripheral neuropathy.
Coagulation disorder.
Pregnancy.
Allergic reaction to Corticosteroid or Dextrose or Ozone.
Infection at the injection site.
Posterior heel pain.
Initiation of PF treatment within 10 days before intervention such as anti-inflammatory drug therapy, physical therapy.
History of vascular insufficiency causing heel pain.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before intervention, 1 and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM). Timepoint: Before intervention, 1 and 8 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) Questionnaire.