Surgical or non-surgical treatment of plantar fasciopathy (SOFT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plantar fasciopathy is the most common reason for complaints of plantar heel pain and one of the most prevalent musculoskeletal conditions with a reported lifetime incidence of 10%. The condition is normally considered self-limiting with persistent symptoms that often last for several months or years. Multiple treatments are available, but no single treatment appears superior to the others. Heavy-slow resistance training and radiofrequency microtenotomy for the treatment of plantar fasciopathy have shown potentially positive effects on short- and long-term outcomes (> 3 months). However, the effect of heavy-slow resistance training compared with a radiofrequency microtenotomy treatment is currently unknown. This trial compares the efficacy of heavy-slow resistance traini

SUBMITTER: Moller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531425 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature