plantar heel pain
Conditions
Interventions
Control group:Stretch
Sponsors
Shanghai University of Sport
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients over the age of 18; patients who are able to understand the instructions or fill out the questionnaire; use the clinical guidelines related to the International Function, Disability and Health Classification of the American Physical Therapy Association to diagnose heel pain; experience more than a month of pain; The first step of the week has heel pain, visual analog scale of at least 4 points; participate in the physical medicine and rehabilitation clinic of East China Hospital for preliminary assessment, and was randomly assigned to a study group; accepted before the initial assessment and during the study period (final 4 weeks after treatment) discontinuation of analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oral/topical acetaminophen for at least 14 days; no support for walking 50 m; MTP for initial physical examination of plantar and calf muscles; Raynaud's disease. The x line excludes the fracture.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Refuse acupuncture and conventional physical therapy (eg, cooling, stretching, massage therapy, and/or footwear modifications); diagnose as coagulopathy or take anticoagulant, except acetylsalicylic acid, up to 325 mg / day; pregnancy; Skin disease in the field of acupuncture; previous history of dry needle or acupuncture; treatment of heel pain in the first four weeks of the study; inability to understand instructions or fill out the questionnaire; presence of peripheral arterial disease; history of connective tissue; presence of chronic diseases such as Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, septic arthritis, neurological abnormalities, sciatica and/or chronic pain; history of plantar fascia surgery; history of heel injection treatment for the first three months; Known hypersensitivity to metals
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NPRS;FHSQ;SF-36; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYantao Ma
Shanghai University of Sport
Outcome results
None listed