Is botulinum toxin a effective for the treatment of plantar fasciitis?

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 527-533

  Peterlein, Christian Dominik ^a   Funk, Julia F ^b   Hölscher, Alice ^b   Schuh, Alexander ^c   Placzek, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Research Unit Orthopedics and General Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Outcome; Pain; Plantar fasciitis; Study

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862570747     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31823ae65a     Document Type: Review

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