NCT06023836

Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Plantar Fasciitis Treatment

Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Plantar Fasciitis; Comparison of Dry Needling and Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Effects on Pain and Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with plantar fasciitis between the ages of 25-65 years who presented to the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinic with the complaint of heel pain and met the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be included in the study. Demographic data (age, gender, body mass index, symptom duration) will be recorded at the beginning of the study. Then, Foot Functional Index (FFI) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scales will be recorded. Participants will be randomly divided into two groups. Group 1 will receive dry needling and Group 2 will receive extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT). Patients in the 1st group will undergo 3 sessions of dry needling with Seirin branded 0.6\*50 mm acupuncture needles at one week intervals for the trigger point detected by manual palpation in the medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, soleus, flexor digitorum brevis, quadratus plantae, abductor hallucis brevis muscles. Patients in the 2nd group, Patients in this group received three sessions of ESWT (MASTERPLUS MP 200 ENERGY 2 trademarked ESWT device) at an energy density of 2 bars and a frequency of 2,000 shocks/min at 12 Hz for three weeks, each session once a week. Each of the five most sensitive and painful points was given 400 pulses in the supine position

Conditions

• Plantar Fascitis
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	ESWT	Patients in this group received three sessions of ESWT (MASTERPLUS MP 200 ENERGY 2 trademarked ESWT device) at an energy density of 2 bars and a frequency of 2,000 shocks/min at 12 Hz for three weeks, each session once a week. Each of the five most sensitive and painful points was given 400 pulses in the supine position
PROCEDURE	Dry needling	Dry needling with Seirin branded 0.6\*50 mm acupuncture needles will be performed for 3 sessions with one week intervals for the trigger point detected by manual palpation in the medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, soleus, flexor digitorum brevis, quadratus plantae, abductor hallucis brevis muscles of the patients in the group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-28
• Completion: 2023-09-08
• First posted: 2023-09-05
• Last updated: 2023-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)