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Treatment Approaches for Plantar Fasciopathy in Elite Athletes: A Scoping Review of the Literature [PDF]

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2022
Background: Plantar fasciopathy is a common orthopaedic condition that affects athletes and limits their performance. Purpose: To conduct a scoping review of the literature to summarize the evidence provided so far for the management of plantar ...
Giovanni Balato, Alessio Bernasconi, Giovanni Vitale   +2 more
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Surgical or non-surgical treatment of plantar fasciopathy (SOFT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

Trials, 2022
Background Plantar fasciopathy is the most common reason for complaints of plantar heel pain and one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions with a reported lifetime incidence of 10%.
Stefan Møller, Henrik Riel, Jens Wester, Ane Simony, Bjarke Viberg, Carsten Jensen   +5 more
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Elasticity evaluation of the plantar fascia: A shear wave elastography study involving 33 early-stage plantar fasciopathy subjects [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Background: Plantar fasciopathy, the most common foot condition seen in elderly and athletic populations, can be diagnosed and differentially diagnosed with imaging modalities such as ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE). However, standard guidelines
Zhen-Zhen Jiang, Hua-Liang Shen, Qi Zhang, Gang Ye, Xiu-Cheng Li, Xia-Tian Liu   +5 more
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The struggle to stay physically active—A qualitative study exploring experiences of individuals with persistent plantar fasciopathy [PDF]

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2023
Background Plantar fasciopathy is the most common cause of heel pain, and is associated with decreased physical activity level and quality of life. There has been limited research on the experiences of patients with plantar fasciopathy.
Marianne Mørk, Helene Lundgaard Soberg, Aasne Fenne Hoksrud, Marte Heide, Karen Synne Groven   +4 more
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Stretching and relaxing the plantar fascia may change plantar fascia thickness but not pressure pain thresholds: a cross-sectional study of patients with plantar fasciopathy [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Despite the established relevance of ultrasonography and assessment of pressure pain thresholds in patients with plantar fasciopathy, patient and probe positioning has been mostly ignored and are not necessarily reported in research.
Stefanie Ostermann, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen, Sinéad Holden, Henrik Riel   +3 more
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Differences in the Impact of Plantar Fasciopathy on the Spatio-Temporal Gait Parameters between Participants with Bilateral Plantar Fasciopathy and Healthy Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 2023
The aim of the present study was to determine the level of association of the spatio-temporal gait parameters in subjects with and without plantar fasciopathy.
Joaquin Paez-Moguer, Pablo Cervera-Garvi, Santiago Navarro-Ledesma   +2 more
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One‐Year Trajectory of Pain, Function, and Health‐Related Quality of Life in Patients With Plantar Fasciopathy [PDF]

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
Introduction Plantar fasciopathy is the most common painful condition in the foot and may imply long‐term pain and functional limitations. The purpose of this study was to assess the time pattern of recovery in pain, function, and health‐related quality ...
Cecilie Røe, Marte Heide, Helene L. Søberg, Cathrine Brunborg, Aasne Fenne Hoksrud, Kjersti Myhre, Jens Ivar Brox, Marianne Mørk   +7 more
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Custom foot orthoses improve first-step pain in individuals with unilateral plantar fasciopathy: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2018
Background Foot orthoses are routinely used to treat plantar fasciopathy in clinical practice. However, minimal evidence exists as to the effect of both truly custom designed foot orthoses, as well as that of the shoe the foot orthoses are placed into ...
Chris Bishop, Dominic Thewlis, Susan Hillier   +2 more
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Intense Therapeutic Ultrasound for Pain Relief in the Treatment for Chronic Plantar Fasciopathy [PDF]

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2019
Background: Intense therapeutic ultrasound (ITU) is an innovative ultrasound-based therapy where sound waves are concentrated into select musculoskeletal tissue.
L Daniel Latt, Richard Amodei
exaly   +3 more sources

Outcomes of platelet-rich plasma for plantar fasciopathy: a best-evidence synthesis [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2020
Background Plantar fasciopathy (PF) is a very common disease, affecting about 1/10 people in their lifetime. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) had been demonstrated to be useful in achieving helpful effects for plantar fasciopathy. The purpose of this study was
Tao Yu, Jiang Xia, Bing Li, Haichao Zhou, Yunfeng Yang, Guangrong Yu   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources