The study focuses on plantar fasciitis, one of the most common causes of non-traumatic foot and ankle pain, with an estimated prevalence of 10%. Its objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of shock wave therapy applied along the course of the sciatic nerve in treating plantar fasciitis, comparing its effects on pain, foot-ankle functionality, and quality of life.
Forty-eight subjects will be recruited and randomly assigned to two groups: one will receive local shock wave therapy, while the other will receive therapy along the sciatic nerve. Data will be collected at four points in time: before the intervention, one week after, one month after, and three months after, with blinded data collection.
Pain, foot-ankle functionality, and quality of life will be measured. Data analysis will be performed using SPSS 29.0, applying ANOVA and other tests depending on the normality of the data. Differences will be estimated with a 95% confidence interval and a p-value \< 0.05.
None
None
Single group
shock wave treatment control group
Other interventionThe control group, consisting of 24 people, will receive shock wave treatment on the sole of the foot to treat plantar fasciitis. There will be 4 sessions and 4 data collections.
shock wave treatment experimental group
Other interventionThe experimental group, consisting of 24 people, will receive shockwave treatment on the back of the leg to treat plantar fasciitis. There will be 4 sessions and 4 data collections.
pain (EVA scale)
Assess changes in pain in plantar fasciitis after treatments
ankle-foot functionality (FFI)
assess the improvement in ankle-foot functionality after treatment.
quality of life (SF12)
assess the improvement in the patient\'s quality of life after treatment.
Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.
This trial is not recruiting at the moment. You can still explore other options:
