Plantar heel pain

Prospective Randomized Trial of Electrolysis for Chronic Plantar Heel Pain

“…Ultrasound-guided PNE was effective in the short term (0-3 months) and the intermediate term (3-6 months), providing better pain relief and improvement of functional disability than placebo. The latest published reviews on CPHP treatment include evidence for the benefits of manual therapy, stretching, taping, foot orthoses, and night splints 5,7,24,28 ; furthermore, there is weak evidence for the efficacy of low-level laser therapy and phonophoresis with ketoprofen gel, and conflicting evidence for electrotherapy with 0.4% dexamethasone or 5% acetic acid delivered via iontophoresis, acupuncture, or trigger point dry needling. 5,7,24,28 The Cochrane Review concluded that there is low quality evidence for short-term pain relief following corticosteroid injection (CI) with placebo or no treatment.…”

“…The latest published reviews on CPHP treatment include evidence for the benefits of manual therapy, stretching, taping, foot orthoses, and night splints 5,7,24,28 ; furthermore, there is weak evidence for the efficacy of low-level laser therapy and phonophoresis with ketoprofen gel, and conflicting evidence for electrotherapy with 0.4% dexamethasone or 5% acetic acid delivered via iontophoresis, acupuncture, or trigger point dry needling. 5,7,24,28 The Cochrane Review concluded that there is low quality evidence for short-term pain relief following corticosteroid injection (CI) with placebo or no treatment. 12 A recent review by Tsikopoulos et al 36 reported that micronized dehydrated human amniotic/chorionic membrane (mDHACM) is the best injection option in the short term, and botulinum toxin A is the most likely to relieve pain intensity in the first 0 to 6 months after treatment.…”

Acupotomy for calcaneodynia

“…When sufficient trials are available, we will perform sensitivity analysis to identify whether the conclusions are robust in the review according to the following: sample size; the effect of missing data; and methodological quality. [ 25 , 26 ]…”

Radiologic features in symptomatic/asymptomatic heels of patients with ankylosing spondylitis

“…Heel pain may be the result of biomechanical causes, arthritic, neurologic, traumatic, or other systemic conditions . Plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis are well‐known disorders that cause heel pain . The most common causes cited for such conditions are biomechanical stress of the fascia/tendons and enthesitis (ie, inflammation of the site where a tendon or ligament attaches to bone) at the calcaneal tuberosity …”