TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of monophasic pulsed current with stretching exercise on the heel pain and plantar fascia thickness in plantar fasciitis
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Alotaibi, Abdullah
AU - Petrofsky, Jerrold
AU - Daher, Noha S.
AU - Lohman, Everett
AU - Syed, Hasan M.
AU - Lee, Haneul
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PY - 2020/6
Y1 - 2020/6
N2 - Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel and foot pain. Monophasic pulsed current (MPC) is an electrical stimulation used to accelerate the healing processes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of MPC and MPC combined with plantar fascia stretching exercises (SE) on heel pain and plantar fascia thickness in treatment of PF and see if there is any relationship between heel pain and plantar fascia thickness after intervention. Forty-four participants diagnosed with PF were randomly assigned to two group; MPC group or MPC combined with plantar fascia SE. Plantar fascia thickness was measured with musculoskeletal ultrasound. Although no statistical differences between the two groups were found, heel pain and the plantar fascia thickness significantly decreased in both groups after the intervention (p < 0.001). No significant correlation was found between changes in heel pain and plantar fascia thickness after 4 weeks of treatment. Our results indicated that MPC can reduce heel pain and plantar fascia thickness caused by PF. However, MPC combined with plantar fascia SE is not superior to MCP only in terms of reduction in heel pain and plantar fascia thickening.
AB - Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel and foot pain. Monophasic pulsed current (MPC) is an electrical stimulation used to accelerate the healing processes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of MPC and MPC combined with plantar fascia stretching exercises (SE) on heel pain and plantar fascia thickness in treatment of PF and see if there is any relationship between heel pain and plantar fascia thickness after intervention. Forty-four participants diagnosed with PF were randomly assigned to two group; MPC group or MPC combined with plantar fascia SE. Plantar fascia thickness was measured with musculoskeletal ultrasound. Although no statistical differences between the two groups were found, heel pain and the plantar fascia thickness significantly decreased in both groups after the intervention (p < 0.001). No significant correlation was found between changes in heel pain and plantar fascia thickness after 4 weeks of treatment. Our results indicated that MPC can reduce heel pain and plantar fascia thickness caused by PF. However, MPC combined with plantar fascia SE is not superior to MCP only in terms of reduction in heel pain and plantar fascia thickening.
KW - Monophasic pulsed current
KW - Plantar fascia thickness
KW - Plantar fasciitis
KW - Stretching exercises
KW - Ultrasound
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U2 - 10.3390/healthcare8020079
DO - 10.3390/healthcare8020079
M3 - Article
SN - 2227-9032
VL - 8
JO - Healthcare (Switzerland)
JF - Healthcare (Switzerland)
IS - 2
M1 - 79
ER -