NCT06737445

Corticosteroid Injection, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, and Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis:

Comparative Efficacy of Corticosteroid Injection, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, and Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kars Harakani State Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic plantar fasciitis is a prevalent condition causing persistent heel pain, often refractory to conservative treatments. This prospective randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the effectiveness of corticosteroid injection (CSI) , extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT), and radiofrequency thermal lesioning (RTL) in the management of chronic plantar fasciitis.

Detailed description

Based on the investigators' understanding of the literature there are no randomized, controlled, prospective studies comparing the therapeutic effects of CSI, ESWT and RTL for recalcitrant plantar fasciitis. In this study, the investigators investigated and compared the outcomes of three treatment techniques in participants who had exhausted conservative treatment options over the past six months.

Conditions

• Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Radiofrequency ablation alone	RTL was performed as a single session using the radiofrequency ablation device (NeuroTherm JK4A; NeuroTherm Ltd, Croydon, London, England).
PROCEDURE	Cortisone Injection	An injection of 1 ml of betamethasone 40 mg/ml and 2 ml of bupivacaine 5 mg/ml was performed.
OTHER	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy	Patients underwent 3 ESWT sessions applied to the plantar heel area, once a week with the same ESWT dose (15 Hz, 2000 pulse, 4.0 bar energy density) using a BTL-5000 SWT device (BTL Industries, USA).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2023-02-01
• Completion: 2023-02-01
• First posted: 2024-12-17
• Last updated: 2024-12-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)