Comparison of high energy radial extra corporeal shock wave therapy with local corticosteroid injection in the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
Phase 2
- Conditions
- chronic plantar fascitis.Fibroblastic disorder, plantar fascial fibromatosis, plantar fasciitis.
- Registration Number
- IRCT201306163217N7
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tabriz University of medical science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
all of patients with chronic plantar fasciitis and heel pain and local tenderness for more than 2 months.
Exclusion criteria: 1) History of systemic inflammatory diseases. 2) Infective or malignant diseases. 3) History of direct trauma with or without foot bones fracture. 4) Previous physiotherapy in the past 3 months or local steroid injection in the past 6 months. 5) Active S1 radiculopathy (which could be justify the cause of plantar fascia pain). 6) Heel pain related to Achilles bursitis. 7) Presence of myofascial pain syndrome and trigger points in gastrocnemius muscle.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: Before treatment and 4 & 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale with 0-100mm grading.;Daily foot functional ability. Timepoint: Before treatment and 4 & 8 weeks after treatment. Method of measurement: Questionnaire of foot function index.;Satisfaction rate. Timepoint: at the end of intervention. Method of measurement: satisfaction rating scale in according 4 grades:Excellent, good, moderate and poor.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method