2009
DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322009000200006
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Abstract: OBJECTIVE:To compare radial shockwave treatment and conventional physiotherapy for plantar fasciitis.MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-two patients with plantar fasciitis were included in this study. They were randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 was composed of 16 patients who underwent 10 physiotherapy sessions each, consisting of ultrasound, kinesiotherapy and instruction for stretching exercises at home. Group 2 was composed of 16 patients who underwent three applications of radial shockwaves (once a week)… Show more

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“…In contrast, the studies by Chow and Cheing [7], Gerdesmeyer et al [8], Greve et al [10], and Ibrahim et al [11] demonstrated that chronic PF can be treated successfully with RSWT. Most importantly, RSWT for chronic PF was demonstrated to result in long-term treatment success, demonstrated at both 6 [11] and 12 months [8] after the first treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, the studies by Chow and Cheing [7], Gerdesmeyer et al [8], Greve et al [10], and Ibrahim et al [11] demonstrated that chronic PF can be treated successfully with RSWT. Most importantly, RSWT for chronic PF was demonstrated to result in long-term treatment success, demonstrated at both 6 [11] and 12 months [8] after the first treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We showed in a previous study that shockwave treatment was no more effective than conventional physiotherapy treatment three months after the end of treatment (20), but we did not know what the effects would be after one year. Both groups showed improvements in pain symptoms between three months and one year, including fewer episodes of pain per week (Table 1 and fewer hours of pain per day.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…All the patients were monitored and guided by the same physiotherapist in all sessions. All the patients were advised to actively stretch the gastrocnemius and plantar fascia at home (10,20). …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Increased body weight and body mass index have been shown to be significant risk factors for plantar fasciitis with a BMI more than 30kg/ m 2 having an odds ratio of 5.6 (95% confident interval, 1.9 to 16.6 ;p<0.01) compared with BMI of less than 25kg/ m 2 . Despite the conservative methods that are used during therapies including steroid injection, nonsteroid antiinflammatory medication, iontophoresis, laser, ultrasound, ESWT, orthotic support therapy and exercise therapies [17] , there is no consensus about the most successful treatment method [18] . Therefore, our study is unique since we organized it to compare injection steroid and Ultra Sound therapies, easily applicable to our society, applied in combination with the exercise therapy for Planter fasciitis treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%