NCT02242513

Ultrasound-guided Pulsed Radiofrequency for Plantar Fasciitis

Ultrasound-guided Pulsed Radiofrequency Stimulation of the Tibial Nerve for Plantar Fasciitis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yung-Tsan Wu · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Although there are many conservative method for plantar fasciitis, patients might spend 2 years to achieve resolution. Recent study have shown that pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) lesioning of peripheral nerve can alleviate kinds of pain condition. However there are no studies of PRF lesioning of the tibial nerve in patients with plantar fascilitis by using ultrasound-guided (UG) techniques.

Detailed description

Patients with unilateral plantar Fasciitis will be enrolled and randomized into intervention and control group. One dose of sono-guided PRF is applied in the intervention group and xylocaine in control group. Outcome measurements included visual analog scale (VAS)、foot health status questionnaire and the thickness of plantar fascile measured by musculoskeletal ultrasonography at different follow-up frame (4th week, 2nd month, 3rd month after treatment).

Conditions

• Plantar Fasciitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF)	Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) treatment, a relative novel pain intervention at recent decade, was found to be able to alleviate pain by delivering an electrical field and heat bursts at a temperature less than 42°C to neural tissue in the absence of neural injury.
DRUG	Xylocaine

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2016-07-01
• Completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2014-09-17
• Last updated: 2016-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan