Overview

Platelet Rich Plasma Injection Compared With Steroid Injection for the Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis

Status:
Not yet recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-02-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the one of the most common orthopaedic problem resulting in heel pain. Previous evidence suggests that Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection has better outcome in the long run as compared to the local steroid injection (SI). Although over the past many years, steroid injection was considered as the choice of treatment after the failure of conservative treatment methods, PRP therapy has shown promising results in the treatment of plantar fasciitis now-a-days. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of PRP injection compared with Steroid injection in the treatment of Plantar Fasciitis. A hospital-based randomized clinical trial study will be carried out to compare the efficacy of the therapeutic effect between steroid injection and Platelet Rich Plasma injection in plantar fasciitis. A representative sample size of 78 patients aged 18 years to 60 years suffering from plantar fasciitis with failed conservative treatment will be intervened. The American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) and the visual analog scale (VAS) scoring system will be recorded pre- and post-injection phases at 3 months and 6 months period. Statistical analyses will be performed using independent t-test and Mann Whitney U test to compare between the two means. The outcome of this study will help to guide the physicians to choose the better therapeutic approach among the patients suffering from plantar fasciitis.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Armed Police Force Hospital, Nepal
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- The patients having the pain over the plantar aspect of foot for more than 6 weeks
with tenderness on palpation over the medial calcaneal tuberosity, failure of
conservative treatment with physiotherapy, splints and NSAIDs.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Lumbar radiculopathy

- Existing trauma, previous surgery or any local pathology over the foot

- Patient on aspirin

- Bleeding disorders with low platelet counts

- Systemic disease like diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis