Is ESWT Better in Plantar Fasciitis Treatment?

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2022-07-28
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

It was aimed to compare the pain and functional results of ESWT, kinesiotherapy and corticosteroid injection in patients with treatment-resistant plantar fasciitis.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Harran University
• Collaborator: Sanliurfa Education and Research Hospital
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• previously diagnosed with PF,

• did not benefit from conservative treatment for at least six months,

• did not use anticoagulants,

• did not have bleeding disorders,

• did not have a psychiatric disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• previous ESWT or CI treatment

• obesity,

• seronegative spondyloarthropathy,

• tarsal tunnel syndrome,

• peripheral neuropathy,

• foot-ankle deformity (pes cavus, pes planus, etc.),

• history of mass around foot and ankle,

• previous foot or ankle surgery

• degenerative arthritis around this region