Active clinical trials for "Fasciitis, Plantar"

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that prolotherapy in conjunction with a physiotherapy program looking at reinforcing calf muscle and muscle of the plantar fascia, relieves pain and improves function of people suffering of plantar fasciitis, an inflammation of the plantar fascia, after basic treatment failure.

The purpose of the study is to compare the clinical results for patients suffering from plantar fasciitis treated with gastrocnemius recession vs. conservative treatment.

The aim of this study is to translate into Norwegian and cross-culturally adapt the Foot Functional Index- revised, short form (FFI-RS) according to international guidelines. Furthermore, the reliability and the validity, responsiveness as well as floor and ceiling effect of the Norwegian version of the FFI-RS will be determined.

Plantar fasciitis and the chronic Achilles tendinopathy are the most common causes of heel pain. The term "plantar fasciitis" implies an inflammatory condition by the suffix "itis". However, various lines of evidence indicate that this disorder is better classified as "fasciosis" or "fasciopathy", as heel pain associated with degenerative changes in the fascia and atrophy of the abductor minimi muscle. High energy shock wave therapy (HESWT) has been proposed as a potential method of treating patients with chronic disease without the need to stop weightbearing. Often a crucial complication of HESWT is the appearance of pain with the subsequent interruption of the procedure. The consequences are a reduced patient compliance, need of a deep sedation and more sessions for the treatment. Frequently, topic anesthesia (TA) (as EMLA) is applied during the therapy to decrease the pain HESWT-induced and enable sham treatment. Multiple publications focused on the evaluation of a clinically relevant effect of shock wave application on plantar heel pain, either of HESWT, applied in a single session with local or regional anesthesia or of low energy HESWT, applied repetitively without local anesthesia. Rompe JD and colleagues have demonstrated that the therapeutic success rate of HESWT with TA is significantly smaller than without TA even after 3 months. Probably, the use of anesthetic topically applied can reduce the efficacy of HESWT for increased impedance. To date, many patients interrupted the HESWT for moderate-severe pain. Consequently, this therapy, which generally is administered in three sessions, required a prolongation of procedure up to six sessions.The clinical application of Posterior Tibial nerve block (already widely used in operating room) during HESWT applied in Orthopedic Day Hospital could offer the possibility to minimize the patient discomfort and to give the therapeutic doses just in few HESWT sessions, reducing the hospital access of outpatients for the treatments and the costs related to prolonged treatment caused by pain. Furthermore, this anesthetic approach could make patients tolerate majorated doses of HESWT in few sessions, with high effectiveness of procedure after several months.

Patients with Fascititis plantaris, Achillodynie, Periarthropathia humerosacpularis calcarea or Epikondylopathia humeri /radii get the shock wave therapy in our clinic as planned. During our study the investigators want to ask for pain, pain reduction and function.

The purpose of this research is to translate Foot and Ankle Disability Index in Urdu and determine the validity and reliability in patients with plantar fasciitis and correlate IT with Quality of Life Short Form-36 and the Visual Analog Scale.

A prospective study will be conducted to evaluate the diagnostic performance of SMI, gray scale US, color Doppler US and Power Doppler US.

This randomized controlled study aims to evaluate the status of the individuals with hindfoot pain and to recommend preventive precautions and appropriate exercise programs with Smart Phone-Based Applications. Additionally, to compare the results of patients who attended through mobile applications (Achilles Tendinopathy and Plantar Fasciitis) with the results of patients included in the hands-on program.

Plantar Fasciitis (PF) is the most common foot condition treated by healthcare providers, striking approximately 2 million Americans each year. Nevertheless its causes are still not known. The risk factors for PF are known and the diagnosis, which is based on clinical assessment, is relatively simple. Still most of the treatments for PF focus on short term symptoms relief instead of prevention or reduction of recurrence. Physical therapy treatment that focuses on reducing the symptoms for the long run and prevention, should include outcome measures, which if found to be reliable, will make the diagnosis clearer. Diagnosis based on reliable clinical and functional measures will assist the physical therapist to understand the major deficiencies of the patient, and accordingly to help him to make the right decision in choosing treatment. Also comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of PF may enable selection of appropriate preventive measures.

Excessive repetitive loading concentrating upon plantar fascia is considered as the most influential factor in plantar fasciitis development. Abnormal foot structure may lead to high risk of plantar fasciitis. However, the biomechanical factor that may cause plantar fasciitis has not been thoroughly investigated. Orthotic device is a common treatment used for plantar fasciitis. However, there is no direct and quantitative data, such as stress and strain distribution of plantar fascia for patient with foot orthosis during gait. Therefore, the aim of this three-year project study is to investigate the biomechanical mechanism of different foot structures and to understand the biomechanical response of plantar fascia during stance phase of gait cycle by dynamic finite element analysis, gait analysis as well as plantar pressure measurement. In addition, the efficacy of foot orthoses will be evaluated by the same research process. The hypotheses are that flat foot and high arch foot may result in higher stress and strain upon plantar fascia during gait; the foot orthosis, such as total contact insole, carbon fiber plate and rocker bottom sole, would reduce stress and strain distribution around the calcaneal medial tuberosity; rigid and curved geometric bottom will be able to relief plantar fascia stretching during push-off phase.