The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Outcome Measures
2.4.1. Subjective Pain
2.4.2. Plantar Fascia Sagittal Thickness
2.5. Interventions
2.5.1. Monophasic Pulsed Current
2.5.2. Plantar Fascia Stretching Exercise
2.6. Sample Size Estimation
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Result
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | MPC Group (n = 22) | MPC + SE Group (n = 22) | p-Value | |
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Age, year | 49.7 ± 11.7 | 49.0 ± 9.7 | 0.60 | |
Height, cm | 171.5 ± 12.0 | 171.0 ± 13.5 | 0.91 | |
Weight, kg | 96.4 ± 22.9 | 87.4 ± 22.9 | 0.20 | |
BMI, kg/m2 | 32.8 ± 7.2 | 30.0 ± 7.4 | 0.21 | |
Standing hours per day, hour | 8.8 ± 3.2 | 9.6 ± 2.48 | 0.31 | |
Duration of symptom, month | 12.5 ± 1.2 | 12.9 ± 1.8 | 0.12 | |
Gender | Female, % (n) | 63.6 (14) | 68.2% (15) | 0.75 |
Involved side | RT, % (n) | 27.3 (6) | 50.0 (11) | 0.12 |
Outcome Variables | Baseline (Mean ± SD) | Post-Intervention (Mean ± SD) | p-Value * | p-Value # | Pre-Post by-Group Interaction |
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Heel pain | |||||
MPC (n = 22) | 7.39 ± 1.75 | 3.43 ± 1.95 | < 0.01 | 0.67 | 0.28 |
MPC+SE group (n = 22) | 6.84 ± 2.14 | 3.55 ± 1.95 | |||
Plantar fascia thickness | |||||
MPC (n = 22) | 4.61 ± 1.19 | 3.87 ± 1.19 | < 0.01 | 0.23 | 0.49 |
MPC+SE group (n = 22) | 4.11 ± 0.99 | 3.45 ± 1.06 |
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Alotaibi, A.; Petrofsky, J.; Daher, N.S.; Lohman, E.; Syed, H.M.; Lee, H. The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare 2020, 8, 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020079
Alotaibi A, Petrofsky J, Daher NS, Lohman E, Syed HM, Lee H. The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare. 2020; 8(2):79. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020079
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlotaibi, Abdullah, Jerrold Petrofsky, Noha S. Daher, Everett Lohman, Hasan M. Syed, and Haneul Lee. 2020. "The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial" Healthcare 8, no. 2: 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020079
APA StyleAlotaibi, A., Petrofsky, J., Daher, N. S., Lohman, E., Syed, H. M., & Lee, H. (2020). The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare, 8(2), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020079