[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"health-studies-list:{\"conditionNormalized\":\"heel-pain-syndrome\",\"overallStatus\":[\"RECRUITING\",\"AVAILABLE\",\"NOT_YET_RECRUITING\"],\"orderBy\":\"LastUpdateSubmitDate:desc\",\"size\":25,\"offset\":0}":3,"health-study-condition:heel-pain-syndrome":27},{"pageToken":4,"total":5,"offset":6,"count":5,"results":7},null,2,0,[8,41],{"id":9,"slug":10,"hasResults":11,"nctId":12,"briefTitle":13,"officialTitle":14,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":15,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":17,"maxAge":18,"enrollmentInfo":19,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":22,"phases":23,"briefSummary":25,"conditions":26,"keywords":4,"overallStatus":28,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":29,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":30,"startDateStruct":33,"completionDateStruct":35,"leadSponsor":37,"locationsCount":40},"100638007","acupuncture-for-heel-pain-syndrome-100638007",false,"NCT07607223","Acupuncture for Heel Pain Syndrome","Clinical Research on Acupuncture at the Heel Pain Point for the Treatment of Heel Pain Syndrome","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Meeting the aforementioned Western medicine diagnostic criteria for heel pain.\n2. Aged 40-70 years with a disease duration of less than two months and no prior relevant treatments.\n3. Voluntary provision of informed consent and willingness to receive the corresponding treatments.\n4. Presence of calcaneal spurs on X-ray radiography is permitted.\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Presence of gout, trauma, osteomyelitis, or purulent inflammation in the affected area.\n2. Concomitant history of heel trauma with localized redness, swelling, heat, and inflammatory reactions.\n3. Chronic conditions that may confound treatment efficacy or outcome interpretation (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetic neuropathy, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, dementia, epilepsy, or other disqualifying conditions).\n4. Radicular pain accompanied by lower extremity muscle weakness, sensory loss, diminished reflexes, progressive neurological deficits, or severe neurological symptoms.\n5. Contraindications to acupuncture (e.g., hemorrhagic diseases, coagulopathy, history of anticoagulant therapy, severe diabetes with infection risk, severe cardiovascular disease).\n6. History of adverse reactions to acupuncture or alcohol allergies.\n7. Currently pregnant or planning to conceive.\n8. Deemed unsuitable for study inclusion by the investigators.","ALL","40 Years","70 Years",{"count":20,"type":21},150,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[24],"NA","The main goal of this study is to determine whether acupuncture at the Heel Pain Point, a distal acupuncture point located on the palm, is an effective and safe treatment for heel pain syndrome. This randomized controlled trial compares Heel Pain Point acupuncture with manual therapy and sham acupuncture to evaluate both clinical efficacy and functional recovery. Specifically, the researchers aim to:\n\nMeasure Pain Relief: Evaluate whether Heel Pain Point acupuncture provides greater pain reduction than manual therapy and sham acupuncture using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS).\n\nAssess Walking Function: Determine whether the intervention improves gait performance and foot function through three-dimensional gait analysis and the Maryland Foot Score.\n\nEvaluate Immediate and Long-term Effects: Examine both the immediate analgesic effect after each treatment session and the sustained clinical benefits after completion of treatment and during follow-up.\n\nEnsure Safety: Monitor adverse events and treatment-related complications throughout the study to confirm the safety of the intervention.\n\nTarget Population\n\nThe study is recruiting participants who meet the following criteria:\n\nAge: Adults between 40 and 70 years.\n\nDiagnosis: Individuals diagnosed with heel pain syndrome (primarily plantar fasciitis) according to established diagnostic criteria.\n\nDisease Duration: Symptoms lasting less than two months, with no previous related treatment.\n\nTypical Symptoms: Participants experiencing characteristic medial plantar heel pain, especially during the first steps after rest, localized tenderness at the plantar fascia insertion, limited ankle dorsiflexion, and abnormal foot posture.\n\nExclusions: Individuals with heel trauma, gout, osteomyelitis, inflammatory disorders, severe neurological deficits, contraindications to acupuncture, pregnancy, or serious systemic diseases (such as severe cardiovascular disease or uncontrolled diabetes).\n\nPrimary Research Endpoint\n\nThe primary endpoint is designed to determine whether Heel Pain Point acupuncture provides superior clinical benefit compared with manual therapy and sham acupuncture.\n\nPain Response Rate: The primary efficacy endpoint is the proportion of participants achieving at least a 50% reduction in VAS pain score from baseline after one complete treatment course.\n\nPain Intensity: Changes in Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores will also be assessed to quantify pain reduction.\n\nObjective Functional Recovery: Three-dimensional gait analysis will be used to evaluate improvements in gait speed, single-leg stability, foot progression angle, initial contact angle, push-off angle, and ground clearance.\n\nEvaluation Timing: Primary outcomes will be assessed at baseline, immediately after treatment sessions (5 and 10 minutes), throughout the treatment period, after completion of the seven-session treatment course, and at 2-month and 6-month follow-up visits. These assessments are designed to capture both immediate analgesic effects and sustained clinical outcomes.",[27],"Heel Pain Syndrome","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2026-07-31",{"date":31,"type":32},"2026-08-03","ACTUAL",{"date":34,"type":21},"2026-09-01",{"date":36,"type":21},"2027-10-30",{"name":38,"class":39},"First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","OTHER",1,{"id":42,"slug":43,"hasResults":11,"nctId":44,"briefTitle":45,"officialTitle":46,"acronym":4,"eligibilityCriteria":47,"healthyVolunteers":11,"sex":16,"minAge":48,"maxAge":49,"enrollmentInfo":50,"targetDuration":4,"studyType":22,"phases":52,"briefSummary":53,"conditions":54,"keywords":56,"overallStatus":28,"whyStopped":4,"lastUpdateSubmitDate":62,"lastUpdatePostDateStruct":63,"startDateStruct":65,"completionDateStruct":67,"leadSponsor":69,"locationsCount":40},"100598980","effect-of-kaltenborn-vs-mulligan-mobilization-with-intrinsic-foot-strengthening-in-plantar-fasciitis-100598980","NCT07078539","Effect of Kaltenborn vs Mulligan Mobilization With Intrinsic Foot Strengthening in Plantar Fasciitis","Comparative Effect of Kaltenborn and Mulligan Mobilization With Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strengthening on Pain, Functional Status, and Windlass Mechanism in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* Age group between 30-60.\n\n  * Both genders (male and female) included.\n  * Subjects with the ankle and heel pain complain especially morning or after rest and limited ankle ROM due to pain\n  * Positive Windlass test: Pain increase upon toe standing and decreases upon walking.\n\nDuration of pain in 4 weeks or more.\n\n* Tenderness on medial calcaneal tuberosity.\n* NPRS score of 4 or more\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* Patients contraindicated to manual therapy (tumor, fracture or osteoporosis). Any history of knee, tibia, fibula, ankle or foot surgery or stress fracture of calcaneum.\n\n  * Previously received physiotherapy treat.\n  * History of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications or corticosteroid injection in last 3 weeks prior to surgery.\n  * Pregnancy (because of sudden weight changes and pedal edema which causes heel pain).\n  * Conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, systematic lupus erythematous, peripheral neuropathy, sever's disease, severe vascular disease or tarsal tunnel.","30 Years","60 Years",{"count":51,"type":21},74,[24],"This study will compare the effects of Kaltenborn and Mulligan ankle mobilization techniques, combined with intrinsic foot muscle strengthening, on pain, functional status, and dorsiflexion range of motion in patients with plantar fasciitis. Eighty-two participants with chronic heel pain will be randomly allocated into two groups. Both groups will receive standard care including ultrasound therapy, stretching, and cryotherapy, while Group A will receive Kaltenborn mobilization and Group B will receive Mulligan mobilization. Pain, function, and ankle range of motion will be assessed at baseline and after three weeks of treatment.",[55,27],"Plantar Fascitis",[57,58,59,60,61],"Manual Therapy","Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strengthening","Heel Pain","Kaltenborn Mobilization","Mulligan Mobilization","2025-07-14",{"date":64,"type":32},"2025-07-22",{"date":66,"type":21},"2025-07",{"date":68,"type":21},"2025-11-30",{"name":70,"class":39},"Riphah International University"]