Intralesional autologous blood injection compared to corticosteroid injection for treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis. A prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 984-990

  Lee, Tze Gin ^a,b   Ahmad, Tunku Sara ^a  

^a University of Malaya Medical Centre ^*

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autologous blood; Corticosteroid injection; Plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148841173     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0984     Document Type: Article

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