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FOOT & ANKLE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 1-9Publisher
AMER ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT & ANKLE SOC, INC
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0001
Keywords
Heel Pain; Plantar Fasciitis; Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy; ESWT; Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
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- Storz Medical AG, Tagerwilen, Switzerland
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Background: Recent literature shows evidence for effective treatment for plantar fasciitis using either focused or radial shock waves. Up to now no research has been available which compares these different procedures. We hypothesized (Ho Hypothesis) that for plantar fasciitis, outcomes following focused or radial shock wave treatment were equal. Materials and Methods: For this pilot study, 39 patients suffering from recalcitrant plantar fasciitis were randomized in two groups. Treatment was performed in three sessions. Once a week 2000 impulses of radial (0.17 mJ/mm(2)) or focused (0.20 mJ/mm(2)) shock waves were applied. Efficacy was determined by multi-variate analysis of eight single variables including changes in Foot Functional Index, neuromuscular performance (Single leg drop and long jump, postural stability, isokinetic testing), and by a composite score from baseline to 12 weeks followup. Multivariate Wilcoxon tests (Wei-Lachin procedure) and formal meta-analytic procedure with adjustment for subgroups was performed to determine the adjusted effect sizes with their corresponding confidence intervals. Results: The overall result (Crude Pooling) shows small superiority of the focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (MW = 0.55, LB-CI = 0.4644). Adjusted for age the focused treatment exhibited more than small superiority (MW = 0.59, LB-CI > 0.5) and this result is statistically significant (LB-CI = 0.5067, benchmark for equality = 0.5). Conclusion: This study provides some evidence for focused extracorporeal shock wave treatment being superior to radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy for recalcitrant plantar fasciitis.
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