Treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis with extra corporeal shock wave therapy: ultrasonographic morphological aspect and functional evaluation

Objective: This paper has the purpose to analyze prospectively the treatment results in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis resistant to conservative treatment who underwent extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT). Methods: We evaluated 30 patients (36 feet); 16 (53.3%) patients were male...

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Main Authors: Roberto Androson, Alfonso Apostolico Netto, Rafael Rocha Macedo, Ricardo Pozzi Fasolin, Guilherme Boni, Rodrigo Fileto Gavaldao Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2013-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000600538&lng=en&tlng=en