Plantar fascia-specific stretching versus radial shock-wave therapy as initial treatment of plantar fasciopathy

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2514-2522

  Rompe, Jan D ^a   Cacchio, Angelo ^b   Weil, Lowell ^c   Furia, John P ^d   Haist, Joachim ^e   Reiners, Volker ^e   Schmitz, Christoph ^f   Maffulli, Nicola ^g  

^a orthoTrauma Evaluations Centrum   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c WEIL FOOT AND ANKLE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SUN Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^e Orthopädie im Gesundheitszentrum   (Germany)

^f EMS Electro Medical Systems   (Switzerland)

^g Mile End Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT FUNCTION INDEX SUM SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLANTAR FASCIA SPECIFIC STRETCHING PROGRAM; PLANTAR FASCIOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649492526     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01651     Document Type: Article

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