Myofascial Release in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

NCT03506464 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Sono2018
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain in runners. No studies have described the short-term effects of myofascial release on plantar fasciitis using ultrasound. Objectives: To describe the immediate sonoelastographic changes in the plantar fascia of amateur runners with fasciitis after applying a myofascial release technique. Design: A single-centre, experimental and controlled study. Method: Patients with plantar fasciitis and a group of healthy subjects will be examined using B-mode and real time sonoelastography scanning. Fascia thickness, echointensity and echovariation of the color histogram will be analyzed pre- and post intervention. A two-way (Group × Time) repeated measures ANOVA will be performed.

Conditions

Plantar Fasciitis

Keywords

Plantar Fasciitis; physical therapy; sonoelastography

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in thickness of the plantar fascia

  Measured from the anterior edge of the inferior calcaneal border vertically to the inferior border of the plantar fascia

  Measured twice. pre and post treatment. Post treatment examination will be carried out 10 minutes after the intervention concludes.

• Changes in echointensity

  The EI of the color histogram computed the mean value of intensity of red, green and blue channels (color intensity range, 0-255) within a given area

  Measured twice. pre and post treatment. Post treatment examination will be carried out 10 minutes after the intervention concludes.

• Changes in Echovariation

  Determined as the relation between standard deviation and mean of pixel intensity obtained from the histogram

  Measured twice. pre and post treatment. Post treatment examination will be carried out 10 minutes after the intervention concludes.

Study Arms (2)

plantar fasciitis group

EXPERIMENTAL

Myofascial release technique

Procedure: Myofascial Release Technique

control group

NO INTERVENTION

None of the control group received the treatment

Interventions

Myofascial Release Technique PROCEDURE

The same described in the arm description

plantar fasciitis group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• heel pain at the proximal fascia insertion
• worse pain when waking up in the morning or after a period of rest
• a visual analog score (VAS) of more than 4 on a scale of 10

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who had undergone surgery or steroid injections to the heel will be excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Murcia: lead

Study Sites (1)

María Elena del Baño Aledo

Murcia, 30107, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fasciitis, Plantar

Interventions

Myofascial Release Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Fasciitis; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Foot Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Massage; Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Maria Elena del Baño-Aledo, Dr

  Universidad de Murcia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2018
• First Posted: April 24, 2018
• Study Start: May 2, 2018
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2018
• Study Completion: June 16, 2018
• Last Updated: June 21, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)