Treatment Outcomes of Corticosteroid Injection and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy as Two Primary Therapeutic Methods for Acute Plantar Fasciitis: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1047-1052

  Mardani Kivi, Mohsen ^a   Karimi Mobarakeh, Mahmoud ^b   Hassanzadeh, Zabihallah ^c   Mirbolook, Ahmadreza ^a   Asadi, Kamran ^a   Ettehad, Hossein ^a   Hashemi Motlagh, Keyvan ^d   Saheb Ekhtiari, Khashayar ^d   Fallah Alipour, Keyvan ^d  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University Baqyatallah Hospital   (Iran)

^d GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Corticosteroid injection; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Heel pain; Plantar fasciitis; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947020738     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2015.04.026     Document Type: Article

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