Objective To investigate the effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies
on pain intensity and disability for plantar fasciitis. Design Systematic review of randomised …

Tendinopathy is labeled by many authors as a troublesome, common pathology, present in
up to 30% medical care consultations involving musculoskeletal conditions. Despite the …

Plantar fasciitis is a common problem that one in 10 people will experience in their lifetime.
Plantar fasciopathy is an appropriate descriptor because the condition is not inflammatory …

Background Plantar fasciitis (PF) is the most common cause of heel pain. A calf stretching
(CS) and a plantar fascia-specific stretching (PFSS) are two stretching techniques commonly …

Objective Dry needling is commonly used for the management of plantar fasciitis. This meta-
analysis evaluated the effects of dry needling over trigger points associated with plantar heel …

Purpose The aim of this study is to compare elasticity features between patients with plantar
fasciitis (PFis) and an asymptomatic healthy control group using shear wave elastography …

Background Plantar fasciitis (PF) is characterized by pain on weight-bearing in the medial
plantar area of the heel, metatarsalgia (MTG) by pain on the plantar surface of the forefoot …

Objective To determine the effects of different therapeutic interventions that have ever been
evaluated in randomized controlled trials on pain due to plantar fasciitis. Methods We …

Although peloid, paraffin, and exercise treatments are effective in patients with plantar
fasciitis, there had been no comprehensive and comparative studies of these treatments for …

Stiffness is a valuable indicator of the functional capabilities of muscle-tendon-fascia. Twenty
healthy subjects participated in this study in which the passive elastic properties of the …