Functional and posture training in patients with inflammation of the plantar fascia
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Plantar fasciitisheel spurmusculoskeletal diseasesC05.321.600C05.116.540.310.600
- Registration Number
- RBR-6d9cd6
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Medical diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and /or heel spur; duration of symptoms greater than four months; ages between 30 and 65 years
Exclusion Criteria
Spondyloarthritis; fat-pad atrophy; proximal plantar fibroma; history of previous surgery and lower limb trauma; musculoskeletal or neurological disease that may predispose to heel pain and decrease muscle strength; discrepancy greater than 1.5 cm between lower limbs; having undergone physiotherapeutic intervention for this lesion and/or Pilates exercises in the last six months; and body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 34.9
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The pain variable will be considered as the primary outcome measure of this study, measured during the initial evaluation (T0), after eight weeks of intervention (T1) and at the follow up of three and six months. The Numeric Pain-Rating Scale is a scale with gradations from zero to ten, measuring from the absence of pain (zero) to the maximum possible pain (ten). The degree of pain will be evaluated in four moments: (1) in the first step of the morning; (2) at the end of the day, (3) at the time of evaluation and (4) at palpation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method