NCT04271696

Comparison of Responsiveness of Different Pain and Disability Measurements in Plantar Fasciitis

Comparison of Responsiveness of Different Pain and Disability Measurements in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the present study is compare the frequently used pain and disability assessment questionnaires before and after 5 sessions of standard treatment for patients admitted to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic for plantar fasciitis and who were queued to receive extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) treatment.

Detailed description

The study was designed as prospective observational research. Between December 2019 and May 2020, 90 patients who were admitted to the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic for ESWT were planned to be included in the study. Pre-treatment pain values of patients with 3 different examination methods (visual analog scale, numerical pain scale and heel sensitivity index), 3 different disability index Foot function index, Foot and Ankle Outcome Score, The American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score will be used. These methods will be evaluated before and after ESWT treatment and the responsiveness and minimal clinically important difference of the questionnaires will be compared.

Conditions

• Plantar Fasciitis, Chronic

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-02-13
• Primary completion: 2020-06-01
• Completion: 2020-06-01
• First posted: 2020-02-17
• Last updated: 2020-02-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)