shock wave therapy in heel pai
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- PACTR202308802969500
- Lead Sponsor
- sahloul hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Other
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 84
Inclusion Criteria
non rheumatic etiology
Failure of medical treatment (analgesics and oral NSAIDs and at least one local cortisonic injection
Exclusion Criteria
Untreated plantar fasciitis.
Other associated tendinopathy.
infection in the treatment area.
Inflammatory cause
tumor
Previous operation on the heel
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain intensity with visual analog scale VAS ;the Modified Roles and Maudsley score
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method peak plantar pressure in the dominant and non-dominant limbs;mean plantar pressure;total contact area;heel contact area;mass distribution
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