Factors Affecting Response to Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Plantar Fasciitis: A Cross-sectional Clinical Study

Launched by SISLI HAMIDIYE ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL · May 27, 2025

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Plantar heel pain is one of the reasons that affect daily life activities. There are many treatment methods for this. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is one of them. However, some patients do not respond to ESWT treatment. In this study, patients were divided into 2 groups as those who did not respond to ESWT treatment in terms of pain (less than 50% decrease in pain level) or those with recurrence of pain and those who responded to treatment. Patients who had passed 3-6 months after ESWT constituted the study groups. These two groups will be compared in terms of age, gender, occup...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • \>18 years
• • Unresponsive to conservative treatments (physical therapy, rest, exercises, anti-inflammatory medical treatment, insoles, etc.)
• • Patients who have received ESWT treatment and 3-6 months have passed since ESWT
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • History of injection therapy including steroids after ESWT treatment
• • Those taking NSAIDs in the last 2 weeks
• • Those with a history of trauma or surgery to the foot or ankle
• • Presence of rheumatic disease affecting the foot or ankle (e.g. spondyloarthritis, etc.)
• • Malignancy
• • Pregnancy