Clinical trial NCT05347264: Comparative Effects of Gun Massager and Transverse Friction Massage in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis
Official title: Comparative Effects of Gun Massager and Transverse Friction Massage on Pain and Disability in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Plantar Fascitis
Keywords: plantar fasciitis
foot and ankle disability index
numeric pain scale
deep friction massage
gun massager
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-04-26
Enrollment: 56
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: to compare the effects of massage gun and transverse friction massage on management of pain and disability in patients with plantar fasciitis.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients complaining of morning heel pain with taking first step.
* Patients with limited range of motion and diagnosed with plantar fasciitis.
* Patients who are willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient with heel fracture and surgeries will be excluded.
* Patient with sign of local and generalized infection or sepsis.
* Patient with foot deformities will be excluded

Primary outcomes:
measure: Numeric pain scale
timeFrame: 4th week
measure: Foot and ankle disability index
timeFrame: 4th week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Daska
country: Pakistan
facility: Aftab Hospital Daska
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: hina gul, t-DPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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