Plantar fascia-specific stretching exercise improves outcomes in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis: A prospective clinical trial with two-year follow-up

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1775-1781

  DiGiovanni, Benedict F ^a   Nawoczenski, Deborah A ^b   Malay, Daniel P ^c   Graci, Petra A ^d   Williams, Taryn T ^e   Wilding, Gregory E ^f   Baumhauer, Judith F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e St Joseph Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT FUNCTION INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRETCHING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746924557     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.01281     Document Type: Article

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