Plantar fasciitis: A prospective randomized clinical trial of the tension night splint

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Batt, Mark E ^a   Tanji, Jeffrey L ^a   Skattum, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plantar fasciitis; Tension night splint; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NIGHT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPLINT; TENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029984010     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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