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ArticleActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2019

Radial Extra Corporeal Shockwave Therapy Versus Ultrasound Therapy in the Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis.

Vasileios Dedes, Konstantinos Tzirogiannis, Maria Polikandrioti, Ariadni Maria Dede, Christos Nikolaidis, Athanasios Mitseas, Georgios I Panoutsopoulos

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Article in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Narrative Review of Shockwave Therapy in Plantar Fasciitis.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026
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  8. Efficacy of peloidotherapy in unilateral plantar fasciitis: A pilot study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Vasileios DedesLaboratory of Physiology-Pharmacology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
Konstantinos TzirogiannisLaboratory of Physiology-Pharmacology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
Maria PolikandriotiDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Ariadni Maria DedeEngineering in Biotechnology Department, Absalon University College, Kalundborg, Sjelland, Denmark.
Christos NikolaidisLaboratory of Physiology-Pharmacology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
Athanasios MitseasOrthopedic Department, Messinion Therapeutirion, Kalamata, Greece.
Georgios I PanoutsopoulosLaboratory of Physiology-Pharmacology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece.
University of Peloponnese · GRUniversity College Absalon · DKUniversity of West Attica · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPatients with plantar fasciitis usually suffer from reduced mobility due to the pain caused by the movement of the tendons involved.

aimThis study was aimed to compare both shockwave and ultrasound therapies in patients with plantar fasciitis by assessing the pain intensity, and both the functionality of the lower limbs and the quality of life impairments.

methodsTotal amount of 88 patients with plantar fasciitis constituted the shockwave group, 56 the ultrasound group and 15 the control group. The self-administered questionnaire "University of Peloponnese Pain, Functionality and Quality of Life Questionnaire" was used. The intensity of pain, functionality impairment and quality of life impairment were evaluated on a five-point Likert scale, before treatment, immediately after and at 4-week follow-up.

resultsThe pain reduction and the improvement of functionality and quality of life after shockwave treatment and ultrasound treatment significantly increased both post-treatment (p<0,001) and at the 4-week follow-up (p<0,001) compared to post-treatment. However, the improvements in the ultrasound group were not as pronounced as in shockwave group (p<0,001).

conclusionsAlthough both radial shockwave and ultrasound therapies were found to be effective in patients with plantar fasciitis, the statistical analysis showed that radial shockwave is significantly more effective than ultrasound therapy.

Indexed as

musculoskeletal injuriesplantar fasciitisrehabilitationshockwave therapyultrasound therapy

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PMID31213743
PMCPMC6511272
OpenAlexW2922152360

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