Dynamic Versus Static Night Splinting of Plantar Fasciitis
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Plantar Fascitis
In brief
The investigators are trying to study that there is no difference in improvement of motion between static progressive and dynamic splinting.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05432895
- Run by
- Stanford University
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2023-10-31
- Expected to finish
- 2026-06-18
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-06-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Demographic - Over 18 years of age and ambulatory without a gait aid with no history of narcotic use
- Diagnosis - Unilateral or bilateral acute (< 6 months of pain) plantar fasciitis (i.e., Heel pain that increases with weightbearing, "First step pain": heel pain that occurs after a period of non-weightbearing, such as in the morning when arising from bed or when arising after prolonged sitting; the pain is improved after a few minutes walking but will worsen again with prolonged weightbearing, tenderness over the medial calcaneal tuberosity at the insertion of the plantar fasciitis)
- Permitted - Icing, NSAIDS( ibuprofen), Custom Shoe Inserts, Diagnostic Ultrasound
You may not qualify if…
- Demographic - Under 18 year of age, requires a gait aid for ambulation; if not covered by insurance,
- Diagnosis of - Arthritis of the Ankle, Midfoot, or Forefoot; Inflammatory Arthritis; Gout; Turf Toe; Hallux Rigidus; Hallux Limitus; Sesamoiditis; Tendonitis or Tendinopathy; Prior tear or Rupture of the Plantar Fascia; Fibromyalgia, Neuralgia, or Neuropathy; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Prior Trauma to the Heel, Fracture of the Calcaneus; Infection; Corn; Callus; Ingrown Nail.
- Patient with history of Symptoms for over 6 months
- Refractory to prior splint-based treatments
- Prior injection of the plantar fascia
- Prior surgery on the plantar fascia
- Narcotic use
Where it is running
- Stanford University School of Medicine — Palo Alto, California, United States (enrolling)
- Stanford outpatient center — Redwood City, California, United States (enrolling)
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