Role of heat therapy in the management of heel pain and enhancing foot function : A clinical study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M722- Plantar fascial fibromatosis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/07/071327
- Lead Sponsor
- VPSV Ayurveda college Kottakkal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Participants having tenderness of inferior region of heel and at least two of the clinical presentations given below
1 Morning rise of pain in the plantar aspect of heel
2 Pain in plantar aspect of heel while walking
3 Pain in plantar aspect of heel on initial steps after a period of inactivity
4 Positive windlass test
Exclusion Criteria
Participants with gout, pes planus, pes cavus, calcaneal stress fracture, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (FBS =126 mg/dl), Charcot foot, rheumatoid arthritis, those under any medication for plantar fasciitis, those having a BMI greater than or equal to 30, and those who have taken corticosteroid injections to the heel in the preceding 3 months, as well as pregnant and lactating mothers, are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Modified Foot Function Index <br/ ><br>Visual Analogue Scale for painTimepoint: Modified Foot Function Index and Visual Analogue Scale for pain will be assessed on 0th, 8th and 15th days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI