The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Alotaibi, Abdullah M.; Petrofsky, Jerrold S.; Daher, Noha; Lohman, Everett; Syed, Hasan M.; Lee, Haneul

doi:10.3390/healthcare8020079

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“…In the research of ultrasonic image denoising, Johannsen et al carry on wavelet transform to the image, denoise the second layer component of the detail through the soft closed value, and then improve the image quality through the anisotropic diffusion model [ 28 ]; Lee et al [ 29 ] use adaptive weighted median filter (AWMF) to denoise the ultrasonic image; Asheghan et al [ 30 ] denoise the image by improving the Savitzky-Golay filter. Abdullah et al [ 31 ] put forward various data processing methods such as unbalanced data preprocessing, sampling method, and unbalanced data cleaning. In a word, the ultrasonic analysis technology under the blessing of AI has played a very obvious role in improving the diagnosis rate.…”

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Combined with Ultrasound-Guided Needle Knife Interventional Treatment of PF: Improvement of Pain, Fascia Thickness, and Ankle-Foot Function in Patients

Zhu

Niu

Wang

et al. 2022

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Objective. To explore the effect of artificial intelligence (AI) technology combined with ultrasound-guided needle knife intervention in the treatment of plantar fasciitis (PF) on pain, fascia thickness, and ankle and foot function. Methods. A total of 130 patients with PF treated in our hospital from January 2019 to April 2021 were enrolled. The patients were randomly assigned into the control group and the study group. The control group received ultrasound-guided needle knife interventional therapy, and the study group received AI technology combined with ultrasound-guided needle knife interventional therapy. The curative effect, VAS score, plantar fascia thickness, plantar fascia elasticity score, plantar fascia blood flow index, and AOFAS score were investigated. Results. The total effective rate of the study group was higher compared to that of the control ( P < 0.05 ). There exhibited no significant difference in VAS score before treatment, but the VAS score of the study group was lower compared to that of the control group at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after treatment. There exhibited no significant difference in plantar fascia thickness before treatment ( P > 0.05 ), but after treatment, the plantar fascia thickness in the study group was lower compared to that in the control ( P < 0.05 ). The plantar fascia thickness in the study group was lower compared to that in the control at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after treatment ( P < 0.05 ). In terms of the plantar fascia elasticity score, there exhibited no significant difference before treatment ( P > 0.05 ), but the plantar fascia elasticity score of the study group was lower compared to that of the control at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after treatment ( P < 0.05 ). There exhibited no significant difference in plantar fascia blood flow index before treatment ( P > 0.05 ), but after treatment, the plantar fascia blood flow index in the study group was higher compared to that in the control ( P < 0.05 ). The plantar fascia blood flow index in the study group was higher compared to that in the control at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after treatment ( P < 0.05 ). There exhibited no significant difference in the AOFAS score before treatment, but after treatment, the AOFAS score of the study group was higher compared to that of the control at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after treatment. Conclusion. Patients with PF receive AI technology combined with ultrasound-guided needle knife interventional therapy, which can effectively relieve pain and improve fascia thickness and ankle-foot function. Thus, AI technology combined with ultrasound-guided needle knife interventional therapy has the advantages of convenient operation, safety, and effectiveness, which is worthy of clinical application.

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Artificial Intelligence Technology Combined with Ultrasound-Guided Needle Knife Interventional Treatment of PF: Improvement of Pain, Fascia Thickness, and Ankle-Foot Function in Patients

Zhu

Niu

Wang

et al. 2022

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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“…This was followed by a plantar fascia specific stretch where subjects crossed the dominant leg over the other in a sitting position and stabilized the heel with their hand. Then, participants performed passive metatarsophalangeal joint dorsiflexion with the other hand for 2x30 seconds with a ten second pause in between (Figure 1) (Alotaibi et al, 2020).…”

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“…The ten minute intervention was performed on the dominant leg only and consisted of self-and therapeutic SMM techniques. All techniques were supervised or conducted by a physical therapist following protocols described in prior studies (Ajimsha et al, 2014;Alotaibi et al, 2020;Grieve et al, 2015;Kwangsun et al, 2018;Stecco et al, 2016;Thong-On et al, 2019). The non-dominant leg received no intervention.…”

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Myofascial Treatment Techniques on the Plantar Surface Influence Functional Performance in the Dorsal Kinetic Chain

Gabriel¹,

Konrad²,

Roidl³

et al. 2021

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Prior studies have shown that self- and manual massage (SMM) increases flexibility in non-adjacent body areas. It is unclear whether this also influences performance in terms of force generation. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of SMM on the plantar surface on performance in the dorsal kinetic chain. Seventeen young participants took part in this within-subject non-randomized controlled study. SMM was applied on the plantar surface of the dominant leg, but not on the non-dominant leg. A functional performance test of the dorsal kinetic chain, the Bunkie Test, was conducted before and after the intervention. We measured the performance in seconds for the so-called posterior power line (PPL) and the posterior stabilizing line (PSL). The performance of the dominant leg in the Bunkie Test decreased significantly by 17.2% from (mean ± SD) 33.1 ± 9.9 s to 27.4 ± 11.1 s for the PPL and by 16.3% from 27.6 ± 9.8 s to 23.1 ± 11.7 s for the PSL. This is in contrast to the non-dominant leg where performance increased significantly by 5.1% from 29.7 ± 9.6 s to 31.1 ± 8.9 s for the PPL and by 3.1% from 25.7 ± 1.5 s to 26.5 ± 1.7 s for the PSL. SMM interventions on the plantar surface might influence the performance in the dorsal kinetic chain.

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“…In addition, Gamba et al (2018) observed that the PFT in patients with PF was not associated with its clinical impact, as the PFT was not associated with AOFAS, pain score, or any item of the SF-36. Moreover, although the findings of Alotaibi et al (2020) indicate that PFT significantly decreased after treatment, no significant correlation was observed between PFT and changes in pain after 4 weeks of treatment. Therefore, PFT could be used as a diagnostic predictor, but not as an indicator of treatment response in PF.…”

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confidence: 73%

Elasticity of the Achilles Tendon in Individuals With and Without Plantar Fasciitis: A Shear Wave Elastography Study

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The elastic properties of the Achilles tendon (AT) are altered in local injury or other diseases and in response to changes in mechanical load. Recently, elastography has been used to evaluate variations in tendon elastic properties, mainly among healthy individuals or athletes. Therefore, this study evaluated the biomechanical changes in ATs in individuals with and without plantar fasciitis (PF). The purposes were as follows: (1) to evaluate the passive stiffness of three regions of the AT which defined as 0 (AT0 cm), 3 (AT3 cm), and 6 cm (AT6 cm) above the calcaneal tuberosity in participants with and without PF, (2) to investigate the interplay between the passive stiffness in patients with PF and pain, (3) to detect optimal cut-off points of stiffness of the AT in assessing individuals with chronic PF, and (4) to determine the correlation between the plantar fascia thickness (PFT) and pain. This cross-sectional study included 40 participants (mean age = 51 ± 13 years). When the ankle was in a relaxed position, patients with PF experienced increased passive stiffness in AT0 cm (p = 0.006) and AT3 cm (P = 0.003), but not in the neutral position. Significant correlations were observed between pain and stiffness of AT (AT0 cm r = 0.489, P = 0.029; AT3 cm r = 487, P = 0.030; AT6 cm r = 0.471, P = 0.036), but not in the PFT (P = 0.557). Optimal cut-off stiffness was AT (452 kPa) in the relaxed ankle position. The plantar fascia of patients with PF was significantly thicker than that of the controls (P < 0.001). Findings from the present study demonstrate that tendon stiffness is a good indicator of the clinical situation of patients with PF. Monitoring passive tendon stiffness may provide additional information to assess severity of the condition and guide therapeutic. The treatment programs for PF should also be tailored to the distal AT, as conventional therapy might not be targeted to tight tendons.

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The Effect of Monophasic Pulsed Current with Stretching Exercise on the Heel Pain and Plantar Fascia Thickness in Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Artificial Intelligence Technology Combined with Ultrasound-Guided Needle Knife Interventional Treatment of PF: Improvement of Pain, Fascia Thickness, and Ankle-Foot Function in Patients

Artificial Intelligence Technology Combined with Ultrasound-Guided Needle Knife Interventional Treatment of PF: Improvement of Pain, Fascia Thickness, and Ankle-Foot Function in Patients

Myofascial Treatment Techniques on the Plantar Surface Influence Functional Performance in the Dorsal Kinetic Chain

Elasticity of the Achilles Tendon in Individuals With and Without Plantar Fasciitis: A Shear Wave Elastography Study

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