Plantar fasciitis / fasciosis Musculoskeletal Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
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Sponsors
Universidad de Sevilla
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years old and over 2. Symptoms compatible with plantar fasciitis 3. Thickening of the plantar fascia greater than 0.4 cm 4. Consenting to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Systemic disease 2. Non-podological morpho-functional alterations that could have an impact on the ankle and foot and that could give rise to important clinical discrepancies in the lower limbs, dissymmetries or obvious clinical scoliosis 3. Having received any treatment (medical, orthopedic and /or invasive) in the foot in the last three months 4. Plantar fasciitis associated with another condition such as nerve entrapment 5. Difficulty in understanding the instructions to follow during treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in patient-reported pain measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) to record pain at baseline and 30, 60 and 120 days following the end of treatment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Change in foot function measured using the Foot Function Index (FFI) at baseline and 30, 60 and 120 days following the end of treatment 2. Plantar fascia thickness measured using ultrasound at baseline and 30, 60 and 120 days following the end of treatment | — |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Public ContactRuben Montes Salas
Outcome results
None listed