Preliminary experience of a single session of low-energy extracorporeal shock wave treatment for chronic plantar fasciitis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-154

  Höfling, Imke ^a,b   Joukainen, Antti ^a   Venesmaa, Petri ^a   Kröger, Heikki ^a  

^a Iisalmen Aluesairaala ^*

^b Iisalmen Aluesairaala   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic plantar fasciitis; Low energy ESWT

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 38649125237     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0150     Document Type: Article

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