Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Infectious Disease |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Immunology / Infectious Diseases |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 11/30/-0001 |
| Start Date: | June 2011 |
| Contact: | John Furia, MD |
| Email: | jfuria@sunortho.com |
| Phone: | 570-524-4446 |
The purpose of this study is to compare the Ankle Dorsiflexion Dynasplint System (DS) to
static night splint for the reduction of pain from Plantar Fasciitis (Fasciopathy).
Inclusion Criteria:
- All patients will have had a history of at least 3 consecutive months of plantar heel
pain well-localized to the plantar fascia.
- All patients will have failed an initial treatment of non-weight bearing plantar and
Achilles stretching.
- Diagnosis will be confirmed by physical examination by a single physician (JPF) with
a typical point of maximum tenderness over the medial tubercle of the calcaneus
Exclusion Criteria:
- rheumatoid arthritis
- local infection
- pregnancy
- patients with tumors
- unresolved fractures
- severe peripheral vascular disease
- history of prior plantar fascia surgery
- history of plantar fascia rupture
- age <18 years
- recent ( within 6 weeks) steroid injection
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