Extracorporeal Shock Wave for Chronic Proximal Plantar Fasciitis: 225 Patients with Results and Outcome Predictors

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-155

  Chuckpaiwong, Bavornrit ^a   Berkson, Eric M ^b   Theodore, George H ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave; heel spur syndrome; patient outcome assessment; plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; LIDOCAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOOT PAIN; HALLUX RIGIDUS; HALLUX VALGUS; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STEROID THERAPY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIBIAL NERVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60749090549     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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