Heavy-slow Resistance Training and Ultrasound-guided Corticosteroid Injection in Plantar Fasciopathy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-10-11
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of combining heavy-slow resistance training with an ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection to reduce pain in individuals with plantar fasciopathy. Feasibility will be evaluated using the acceptability of the combined interventions and exercise compliance.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Aalborg University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• History of inferior heel pain for at least three months before enrolment

• Pain on palpation of the medial calcaneal tubercle or the proximal plantar fascia

• Thickness of the plantar fascia of 4 mm or greater

• Mean heel pain of 30 mm or above on a 0 to 100 mm VAS during the previous week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Below 18 years of age

• History of inflammatory systemic diseases

• Prior heel surgery

• Pregnancy

• Pain or stiffness in the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint to an extent where the exercises cannot be performed

• Corticosteroid injection for plantar fasciopathy within the previous six months

• Known hypersensitivity to corticosteroids or local anaesthetics

• Skin or soft tissue infection near the injection site