Radial shock wave treatment alone is less efficient than radial shock wave treatment combined with tissue-specific plantar fascia-stretching in patients with chronic plantar heel pain

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages 135-142

  Rompe, Jan D ^a   Furia, John ^b   Cacchio, Angelo ^c   Schmitz, Christoph ^d   Maffulli, Nicola ^e  

^a OrthoTrauma Evaluation Institute   (Germany)

^b Evangelical Community Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ESWT; Plantar fasciitis; Plantar fasciopathy; Shock wave treatment; Stretching

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PLANTAR HEEL PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT FUNCTION INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEEL PAD; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOTICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLANTAR FASCIA SPECIFIC STRETCHING; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK WAVE GENERATOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPLINTING; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; HEEL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION; THERAPEUTIC USE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING;

EID: 84955350452     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.04.082     Document Type: Article

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