The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of shoe inserts and plantar fascia-specific stretching vs shoe inserts and high-load strength training in patients with plantar fasciitis. Forty-eight patients with ultrasonography-verified plantar fasciitis were randomized to shoe inserts and daily plantar-specific stretching (the stretch group) or shoe inserts and high-load progressiv...

Foot orthoses and night splints have been used separately to treat patients with plantar fasciitis, but were not always successful. Combined use of both orthoses might give better outcomes. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a soft and self-adjustable dorsiflexion night splint in combination with an accommodative foot orthosis for patients with plantar fasciitis. Twenty-eight patients we...

Heel pain is one of the most common disorders that foot and ankle surgeons treat. Investigators have stated that of all adult foot complaints, 15% result from heel pain (1). It is important then that the physician know how to properly diagnose and treat this common problem. Although there are many etiologies of plantar heel pain, plantar fasciitis or plantar heel spur syndrome is the most commo...

BACKGROUND In a previous investigation, eighty-two patients with chronic proximal plantar fasciitis for a duration of more than ten months completed a randomized, prospective clinical trial. The patients received instructions for either a plantar fascia-stretching protocol or an Achilles tendon-stretching protocol and were evaluated after eight weeks. Substantial differences were noted in favor...

Objective: Plantar fasciitis is one of the primary causes heel pain. Several treatment methods are substantial. This study was aimed to evaluate clinical results corticosteroids and prolotherapy injection therapies.Methods: The gender, age, time symptoms, BMI (body mass index) were specified in 60 patients with symptomatic chronic plantar disorder between 2019 2020. randomly divided into two gr...

Back ground: study was conducted to determine the frequency of plantar fasciitis among three different universities students due improper shoes. It cross-sectional study. Plantar is inflammation fascia; fascia a thick connective tissue that forms medial arch foot. Improper shoes cause constant pressure and irritation on leads inflammation. When someone wears shoes, pronation activity foot decre...