Plantar Fasciitis: Evidence-Based Review of Diagnosis and Therapy

摘要: Plantar fasciitis causes heel pain in active as well sedentary adults of all ages. The condition is more likely to occur persons who are obese or those on their feet most the day. A diagnosis plantar based patient's history and physical findings. accuracy radiologic studies diagnosing unknown. Most interventions used manage have not been studied adequately; however, shoe inserts, stretching exercises, steroid injection, custom-made night splints may be beneficial. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy effectively treat runners with chronic but ineffective other patients. Limited evidence suggests that casting surgery beneficial when conservative measures fail.