Dynamic and Static Splinting as a Treatment for Plantar Faciiopathy

Stopped early · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Plantar Fasciitis, Plantar Fasciopathy

In brief

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).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01588730

Run by

Dynasplint Systems, Inc.

People needed

26

Starts

2011-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-08-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• 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

Where it is running

• SUN Orthopaedic Group Inc — Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

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