A study on outcome after local steroid injection for heel pai
Phase 4
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M959- Acquired deformity of musculoskeletal system, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/02/063108
- Lead Sponsor
- Joe Joseph Cherian
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Unilateral heel pain > 6 weeks
2. Has taken conservative treatment with oral analgesics, foot wear modification and physiotherapy modalities for > 4 weeks, with no improvement
3. Not undergone previous local injections in the heel
4. Accepting for further treatment after the study period if pain persists
5. Willing for follow-up
6. Normotensive, Normoglycemic patients
Exclusion Criteria
1. Has undergone previous local injections
2. Not willing for follow-up
3. Patients with other systemic illnesses like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, gout etc
4. Local infection in foot
5. history of fracture/pathological conditions of foot
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate functional outcome (pain-visual analog scale and activity level- Nirschl stage) of local steroid injection in heel painTimepoint: To evaluate functional outcome (pain-visual analog scale and activity level- Nirschl stage) of local steroid injection in heel pain at 2 weeks and 4 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To evaluate the distribution of incidence of heel pain in various age groups and sexesTimepoint: To evaluate the distribution of incidence of heel pain in various age groups and sexes during the study