Glyceryl Trinitrate Gel Phonophoresis on Planter Fasciiatis

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Conditions studied: Planter Fasciitis

In brief

Does phonophoresis with glyceryl trinitrate gel have an effect in treatment of planter fasciitis patients?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07480876

Run by

Cairo University

People needed

80

Starts

2026-04-30

Expected to finish

2026-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 44. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age between 18-44 years .
• Patients BMI 18.5 to 24.9 kg / m2.
• The diagnosis of PF appear clinically according to the history and physical - examination findings of point tenderness at or near the medial calcaneal insertion of the plantar fascia .
• Diagnosis of plantar fasciitis, with plantar fascia of more than 4 mm thickness as evaluated by ultrasonography.
• Painful symptoms lasting three months or more .

You may not qualify if…

• Diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, vasculitis and vasculopathy.
• Any pathology in ankle/foot (instability, arthritis, malignancy, acute infection, and skin disorders) .
• Pregnancy or lactation, coronary artery disease, hypertension, renal diseases and anemia .
• Atrophy/ scar or skin ulcers at the site of intervention.
• Patients with allergy to nitrates.
• Heart pacemaker use .
• Anticoagulant use and absence of coagulation disease.

Where it is running

• Cairo university — Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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