NCT02546089

ABI v Dry Needling for Plantar Fasciitis

Investigating the Effects of Ultrasound Guided Autologous Blood Injection for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis Versus Ultrasound Guided Dry-needling Alone, a Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospitals, Leicester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To investigate whether a procedure of ultrasound-guided autologous blood injections (ABI), which includes a dry-needling component within the overall procedure, has any measureable clinical benefit over ultrasound-guided dry needling alone in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis.

Conditions

• Plantar Fasciitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Autologous Blood Injection	ultrasound-guided autologous blood injection procedure
OTHER	Structured rehabilitation programme	(this intervention is given to patients in both arms of the study) - a standardised structured rehabilitation programme of home exercises that the patient is instructed on how to start, and how to progress during the study period
OTHER	dry needling injection	(this intervention is given to patients in both arms of the study) - ultrasound-guided dry needling injection performed under ultrasound guidance

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2020-09-04
• Completion: 2020-09-04
• First posted: 2015-09-10
• Last updated: 2020-09-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom