Effect of Magnetic vs Sham-Magnetic Insoles on Plantar Heel Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1474-1478

  Winemiller, Mark H ^a   Billow, Robert G ^b   Laskowski, Edward R ^a   Harmsen, W Scott ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Northwest Orthopaedic Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INSOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; MAGNETISM; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOE;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOES;

EID: 0141611914     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.11.1474     Document Type: Article

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