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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610000899044
ACTRN12610000899044
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For patients with chronic plantar fasciitis is the ultrasound guided injection of intralesional autologous platelet rich plasma more effective than perifascial cortisone in improving pain and function?

Dr. William Craddock0 sites75 target enrollmentOctober 22, 2010

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Plantar Fasciitis
Sponsor
Dr. William Craddock
Enrollment
75
Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 22, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Dr. William Craddock

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. presenting complaint of plantar heel pain worse on rising in the morning and/or after periods of sitting or lying, which have been present for longer than 6 weeks
  • 2\. on examination, site of maximal tenderness at the attachment of the plantar fascia on the medial tubercle of the calcaneus
  • 3\. plantar fascial thickness \> 4 mm at the area of maximal tenderness
  • 4\. failed conservative management of at least 4 weeks duration consisting of calf stretching, tibialis posterior and flexor hallucis longus strengthening, and the use of an off\-the\-shelf orthotic with heel cut\-out and plantar fascial groove

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. previous injections or surgery for heel pain
  • 2\. nerve\-related symptoms
  • 3\. regional pain syndrome
  • 4\. achilles tendon pathology
  • 5\. rheumatoid arthritis
  • 6\. spondyloarthropathy (incl. ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, enteropathic arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis)
  • 7\. diabetes mellitus
  • 8\. local infection
  • 9\. peripheral vascular disease
  • 11\. coagulopathy or anti\-coagulant therapy

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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