Effects of elastic therapeutic taping and lower extremity stretching on heel pain, foot disability, and ground reaction force in individuals with plantar fasciitis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Individual with plantar fasciitis; Plantar heel pain; Stretching exercsie; Kinesio tape

• Registration Number: TCTR20170501001
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-01
• Study Completion: 2017-05-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria
- Male aged between 18 and 40 years old
- Specific inclusion criteria to diagnose plantar fasciitis which are composed of (McPoil et al., 2008; Yamsri et al., 2011)
a.A complaint of tenderness from the palpation of the medial calcaneal tubercle and the medial aspect of the proximal portion of the plantar fascia, or pain along the plantar fascia at medial longitudinal arch side
b.The presence of heel pain immediately during first few steps of walking in the morning or after prolong period of inactivity; and gradually decreased throughout the day with ordinary walking; and worsened with prolonged activity
- Chronic plantar fasciitis (6 weeks †24 months) (Yamsri et al., 2011)
- Maximum level of pain intensity during last week using visual analog scale (VAS) ranging from 50 - 100 mm of 10 cm VAS scale (Yamsri et al., 2012).
- High activity person such as the person who is regularly exercise or does work causing large increases in breathing or heart rate like (carrying of lifting heavy loads, digging or construction work)
- Pain at one leg (unilateral symptomatic foot) or both legs (bilateral symptomatic feet) (in case of both leg pain, the worse leg will be recruited to the study)

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria
- BMI more than 25 kg/m2
- Positive sciatica sign (L5-S1 nerve root irritation), assessed by Straight leg raising test
- Having history of lower extremity fracture
- Having history of lower extremity surgery
- Having been diagnosed with gout, diabetic neuropathy, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythymatosus (SLE), cancer, infection disease and tumor
- Receiving plantar steroid injection within the last 3 months
- Using NSAIDs within 1 week
- Tape allergy
- Taking pain killer during intervention
- Leg length inequality
- Other stretching exercise during intervention
- Other foot pain condition such as corn
- Back pain VAS > 2 scales

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain intensity Baseline and after treatment Visual analog scale,Ankle range of motion Baseline, after treatment, and 1 week follow up Goniometer,Disability Baseline, after treatment, and 1 week follow up The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) Thai version ,Vertical ground reaction force Baseline, after treatment, and 1 week follow up Three-dimensional (3D) motion capture system with eight cameras and two force transducers (BERTEC)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Kinematic data Baseline and after treatment Three-dimensional (3D) motion capture system with eight cameras and two force transducers (BERTEC)