Treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis with Botulinum toxin A: Preliminary clinical results

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-192

  Placzek, Richard ^a,b   Deuretzbacher, Georg ^a   Meiss, A Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Botulinumtoxin A (BTX A); Chronic plantar; Fasciitis

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 33644906913     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000169674.34191.0e     Document Type: Article

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