Overview

Optimal Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis: Physical Training, Glucocorticoid Injections or a Combination Thereof.

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether reduced load to patients with plantar fasciitis (reduced standing, walking, landing) together with either controlled heavy resistance training or glucocorticosteroid injection or a combination thereof is the best treatment.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Bispebjerg Hospital
Collaborator:
Fonden for Faglig Udvikling af Speciallægepraksis, Denmark
Treatments:
Glucocorticoids
Methylprednisolone
Methylprednisolone Acetate
Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate
Prednisolone
Prednisolone acetate
Prednisolone hemisuccinate
Prednisolone phosphate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Pain at the medial attachment of fascia plantaris.

- First step pain in the morning

- Symptoms for at least 3 months.

- Age 20-65 years

- Ultrasound scanning at the first visit shows thickness of the fascia above 4 mm.

- Patient can read and understand danish

Exclusion Criteria:

- known arthritis, inflammatory bowl disease, psoriasis or clinical signs of any of
these

- Leg ulcerations

- Longlasting oedema of the leg and foot

- Palpatory decreased puls in the foot

- Diabetes

- Reduced sensibility in the foot

- Infections in the foot

- Daily use of pain killers

- Pregnancy or planning to become pregnant

- Earlier operations on the foot, that is judged to complicate training

- Patient assessed not to be able to participate in the training for other reasons

- Glucocorticosteroid injection to the diseased plantar fascia within the last 6 months.