NCT05032300

Shear Wave Elastography Technology to Evaluate the Efficacy of ESW in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

Shear Wave Elastography Technology to Evaluate the Efficacy of ESW in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Plantar Fasciitis,a Single-blinded Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Inflammation of the plantar fascia is called plantar fasciitis and is common in active or overweight individuals. It can be treated conservatively or surgically. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy has shown significant efficacy in the treatment of plantar fasciitis. Repeated chronic inflammation of the plantar fascia may lead to fibrous edema, thickening and even calcification in the fascia, resulting in thickening of the plantar fascia in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis and affecting the mechanical properties of the plantar fascia (changes in elastic modulus) ). Previous studies rarely involved changes in the elasticity of the plantar fascia before and after extracorporeal shock wave treatment.

Conditions

• Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Focused shockwave	Procedure: Focused shockwave therapy received shock wave therapy once a week: first locate, touch on the heel of the patient Tenderness points, take tenderness points as treatment points;Then ask the patient to take the lower limbs straight sitting or prone position, Target intensity will be within a range of 0.15-0.25 mJ/mm2 at maximum Hz, Total of 3000 pulses; rest for 20 minutes after the treatment
OTHER	Home therapy	Stretching and ice massage

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-01
• Completion: 2023-12-01
• First posted: 2021-09-02
• Last updated: 2021-09-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China