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ArticlePolish journal of radiology2020

Evaluation of plantar fascia using high-resolution ultrasonography in clinically diagnosed cases of plantar fasciitis.

Purnima Aggarwal, Vivek Jirankali, Sudhir K Garg

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Article in Polish journal of radiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07057505 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Assesment of Pain, Foot Function, and Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Plantar Fascia Thickness in Patients Treated With Local Corticosteroid Injection for Plantar Fasciitis

TypeobservationalSponsorIstanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research HospitalRan2025 to 2025Enrolled33ConditionsPlantar Fasciitis
NCT07587255 phase2not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis in Patients With Peripheral Neuropathy: A Clinical Evaluation

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Taiwan University HospitalRan2026 to 2032Enrolled114ConditionsNeuropathic Pain, Plantar FasciitisArmsExtracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT)
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Purnima AggarwalGovernment Medical College And Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Vivek JirankaliGovernment Medical College And Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Sudhir K GargGovernment Medical College And Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Government Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of high-resolution ultrasonography in the assessment of plantar fascia in individuals with heel pain, before and after treatment. MATERIAL AND

methodsThis study was conducted from 2016 to 2019, during which time 44 clinically diagnosed patients of plantar fasciitis were compared to 50 normal volunteers. There were 25 males and 25 females in the control group and 42 females and two males in the study group. Thirty-eight patients had unilateral disease, and six patients had bilateral disease. The thickness of the plantar fascia was measured just anterior to its calcaneal attachment using ultrasonography. Body mass index (BMI) was also calculated in both groups.

resultsThe plantar fascia was 2-4 mm thick in the control group whereas it was > 4 mm thick in 48 heels in the study group. With cut-off of > 4 mm as diagnostic of plantar fasciitis, this study had a sensitivity of 96%, specificity of 100%, and accuracy of 98%. BMI was increased in 60% of female patients. All patients were treated with local infiltration of corticosteroid. In 37/42 patients (43 heels) who had improved clinically, the thickness of plantar fascia was reduced to < 4 mm when assessed after six weeks of corticosteroid injection.

conclusionsDiagnosis of plantar fasciitis can be easily verified by ultrasonography with plantar fascia thickness > 4 mm being suggestive of plantar fasciitis. Ultrasound can also be used to evaluate treatment response. Ultrasono-graphy helps the clinician in confirming the diagnosis of plantar fasciitis and also in assessing the response to treatment.

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heel painplantar fasciaultrasonography

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