Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short-term treatment of plantar heel pain: A randomised trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Radford, Joel A ^a   Landorf, Karl B ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^c,d   Cook, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CABRINI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT PAIN; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 34248341892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-36     Document Type: Article

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