None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Background: Foot orthoses are a modality of treatment frequently used mainly to relieve the pain caused by plantar fasciitis. This randomized trial evaluated the effectiveness of prefabricated and customized foot orthoses made in ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), a cheap raw material not commonly cited in previous trials. Methods: A double-blinded, randomized trial was conducted from May 2004 to July 2005. Each participant was reviewed at four and eight weeks after the initial appointment. One hundred and forty-two patients were randomly allocated to receive a prefabricated or a customized foot orthosis, both made in EVA. The primary and secondary outcomes were pain, both measured by a visual analog scale and the previous was measured by the pain sub-scale of the Foot Function Index (FFI-pain) and later by palpation in the medial calcaneal tuberosity.
Interventions
One hundred and forty-two patients were randomly allocated to wear a prefabricated (intervention group) or a control, for eight weeks, both made in EVA.
Sponsors
Paulo SS Beraldo
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
A confirmed diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, who had experienced symptoms for at least 1 week.
Exclusion criteria
Patients with history of malignancy, pregnancy, inflammatory arthritis.
Outcome results
None listed