Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02546115
RCT - Assessing the Benefits of the Use of a Tension Night Splint in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis
Assessing the Benefits of the Use of a Tension Night Splint in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis, a Single-blinded Randomised Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals, Leicester · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 120 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To assess whether the provision of a tension night splint (TNS) device has any additional benefit in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis, compared to routine care comprising physiotherapy \& podiatry alone.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | tension night splint | this is the use of a commercially available tension night splint device, to be worn by the patient |
| OTHER | standard practice - a structured rehabilitation programme | this is the standardised structured rehabilitation programme of home exercises given to patients, with supporting literature, and instructions on how to progress the regime themselves |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2014-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-10-01
- Completion
- 2016-10-01
- First posted
- 2015-09-10
- Last updated
- 2020-03-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02546115. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.