Development of a foot and ankle strengthening program for the treatment of plantar heel pain: a Delphi consensus study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with plantar heel pain (PHP) have reduced foot and ankle muscle function, strength and size, which is frequently treated by muscle strengthening exercises. However, there has been little investigation of what exercises are used and there is no sound evidence base to guide practice. This study aimed to develop a consensus-driven progressive muscle strengthening program for PHP.

Methods

Thirty-eight experts were invited to participate in the study over three rounds. Round 1 was an open-ended questionnaire that provided the core characteristics of progressive strengthening programs designed for three different adult patient types with PHP (younger athletic, overweight middle-aged, older), which were presented as vignettes. In Round 2, experts indicated their a

SUBMITTER: Osborne JWA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546707 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature