The Therapeutic Effect of Targeted Intrinsic Foot Muscles Exercises in Plantar Fasciitis
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05455645
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
A reduction of intrinsic foot muscle sizes has been identified in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis. Weaker intrinsic foot muscles has been suggested to decrease the medial longitudinal arch height and subsequently increase extra tensile stress in the plantar fascia, resulting in the chronicity of the condition. Therefore, it is speculated that atrophic intrinsic foot muscles may be a significant risk factor of developing chronic plantar fasciitis. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of an 8-week targeted intrinsic foot muscles exercise regimen on the intrinsic foot muscle size, symptomatic relief, and foot function improvement in long-distance runners with chronic plantar fasciitis.
Study details
- Official title
- The Therapeutic Effect of Targeted Intrinsic Foot Muscles Exercises in Plantar Fasciitis
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: targeted intrinsic foot muscle exercises
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Start date
- 2022-08-30
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Hong Kong
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. A weekly mileage of at least 20km 2. Have running experience of at least 2 years prior to the experiment 3. if they reported tenderness on palpation of the medial calcaneal tuberosity and exhibited one of the following complaints: * Plantar heel pain \> 1 year * Pain on visual analog scale of equal to or greater than 4 out of 10 * pain on the first step in the morning or after prolonged sitting, * pain on prolonged standing and/or walking * pain when running Exclusion Criteria: 1. Contraindications to MRI scans 2. had undergone surgery to the plantar fascia or 3. local steroid injection within the last 3 months or 4. Any of the following conditions: * systemic arthritis, * neurologic conditions * any coexisting painful musculoskeletal condition of the lower limb.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05455645