Background: The most frequent cause of discomfort in the inferior heel is plantar fasciitis, and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) one effective therapy for fasciitis. It was aimed to determine how extracorporeal shock wave would affect Method: Studies were searched on Google Scholar PubMed over last 10 years. Randomised Control Trials (RCT), meta-analysis, cohort, observational studies ...

Objectives: To investigate the effect of conservative treatment of patients, diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (PF) in a specialist rheumatology clinic, and uncover

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effectiveness of ultrasound guided corticosteroid injection in the treatment of plantar fasciitis. DESIGN Randomised, investigator and participant blinded, placebo controlled trial. SETTING University clinic in Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 82 people with a clinical and ultrasound diagnosis of plantar fasciitis unrelated to systemic inflammatory disease. ...

Introduction: Plantar fasciitis is a commonly occurring foot complaint that seriously affects the patient’s daily activities and quality of life. characterised by pain in heel, which aggravated on weight bearing after prolonged rest. Conservative noninvasive lines treatment are numerous, among platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has recently been demonstrated to be helpful managing plantar fasciitis. Ai...

BACKGROUND Radiofrequency (RF) treatment is a minimally invasive procedure that has been used for more than 3 decades in treating various chronic pain syndromes. Conventional (continuous) RF treatment occasionally results in worsening or even initiating a new type of pain. The use of pulsed radiofrequency (PRF), which has a non- or minimally neurodestructive neuromodulatory effect, serves as an...

Plantar fasciitis is a common cause of heel pain. It is a disabling disease in its chronic form. It is a degenerative tissue condition of the plantar fascia rather than an inflammation. Various treatment options are available, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroid injections, orthosis, and physiotherapy. This study compared the effects of local platelet-rich plasma, cor...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in plantar fascia thickness are a reliable gauge of efficacy of treatment protocols for plantar fasciitis. METHODS Thirty-nine feet (30 patients) with plantar fasciitis received an ultrasound examination to measure the thickness of the medial band of the plantar fascia. Each patient assessed his or her pain using the visual...

Plantar fascial disorder is comprised of plantar fasciitis and plantar fibromatosis. Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain, especially for athletes involved in running and jumping sports. Plantar fibromatosis is a rare fibrous hyperproliferation of the deep connective tissue of the foot. To identify genetic loci associated with plantar fascial disorders, a genome-wide associat...