Heel Spur (Heel Spurs)

09/01/2016 - "The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound and shock wave therapy in patients with heel spur. "
08/19/2015 - "Our first trial on radiotherapy for painful heel spur published in 2012 comparing the analgesic effect of a standard dose (6 × 1.0 Gy within three weeks) to that of a very low one (6 × 0.1 Gy within three weeks) resulted in a highly significant superiority of the standard dose arm. "
11/15/2012 - "This study confirms the superior analgesic effect of radiation therapy with 6-Gy doses on painful heel spur even for a longer time period of at least 1 year."
09/01/2016 - "More dynamic change in this period was recorded in Group 1. The conclusion is that while ultrasound and shock wave therapy show significant analgesic efficacy in patients with heel spur, fewer shock wave therapy sessions are needed than ultrasound sessions for effective relief, suggesting that the shock wave therapy has greater analgesic efficacy. "
09/01/2016 - "A comparative analysis of analgesic efficacy of ultrasound and shock wave therapy in the treatment of patients with inflammation of the attachment of the plantar fascia in the course of calcaneal spurs."

12/10/2021 - "Intralesional pulsed RF procedure can be preferred as a relatively less invasive method that does not have any serious complications in patients with persistent calcaneal spurs who do not respond to the use of oral anti-inflammatory drugs and shoe insoles, nor corticosteroid injection to the lesion area."
03/01/2018 - "Our study had 4 aims: (1) to assess the long-term prognosis of PF, (2) to evaluate whether baseline characteristics (sex, body mass index, age, smoking status, physical work, exercise-induced symptoms, bilateral heel pain, fascia thickness, and presence of a heel spur) could predict long-term outcomes, (3) to assess the long-term ultrasound (US) development in the fascia, and (4) to assess whether US-guided corticosteroid injections induce atrophy of the heel fat pad. "
10/01/2020 - "Thirty consecutive patients with plantar fasciitis during more than 3 months were randomized to either (1) non-operative treatment with corticosteroid injections and a controlled strength training program or (2) an endoscopic 2-incision operation with partial fasciotomy and heel spur removal followed by the same strength training program. "

10/01/2021 - "Two of our cases are associated with highly uncommon features, such as transepidermal calcium elimination and concomitant calcaneal spur."
03/01/2022 - "Our study results suggest that calcaneal spur formation is associated not only with weight-related pressure, but also with lipid levels and hormonal alterations involved in calcium metabolism. "

01/01/2021 - "Both FSWT and RSWT are efficacious in the treatment of symptomatic heel spur and their therapeutic effects are comparable. "
01/01/2021 - "The purpose of this trial is to evaluate and compare the therapeutic effects of radial shock wave (RSWT) and focused shock wave (FSWT) applied in the treatment of symptomatic heel spur. "

03/01/2022 - "The levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spur."
03/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and calcitonin levels and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spurs. "

03/01/2022 - "Based on these findings, hormonal alterations and lipids should be considered in patients with calcaneal spurs."
03/01/2022 - "Our study results suggest that calcaneal spur formation is associated not only with weight-related pressure, but also with lipid levels and hormonal alterations involved in calcium metabolism. "
03/01/2022 - "The levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spur."
03/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and calcitonin levels and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spurs. "

03/01/1995 - "We therefore conducted a study to determine whether insertion disorders at the calcaneum (calcaneal spurs) represent a complication of non-insulin-dependent diabetes. "
03/01/1995 - "The incidence of calcaneal spurs was studied in a group of 100 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes in comparison to 100 sex- and age-matched controls. "

11/01/1985 - "Application and assessment of microfibrillar collagen hemostat in heel spur surgery: a preliminary study."

03/01/2022 - "The levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spur."
03/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and calcitonin levels and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spurs. "

03/01/2022 - "The aim of this study was to investigate the 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH), and calcitonin levels and lipid profiles in patients with calcaneal spurs. "

07/01/2022 - "Radiotherapy of painful heel spur seems to be safe and effective, with high response rates even at low doses and with an overall favorable toxicity profile. "
01/01/2003 - "Obtained results allow to form conclusion that radiotherapy of calcaneal spurs is easy, effective and safe way of analgetic treatment giving good results after low fraction and total delivered doses and that its efficacy depends on symptoms duration what is correlated to disease stage."
01/01/2007 - "To evaluate the efficacy of two different dose-fractionation schedules for radiation therapy (RT) in patients with painful heel spurs. "
07/01/1996 - "In a retrospective study the efficacy of orthovoltage radiotherapy for refractory painful plantar heel spur was analyzed for 3 different radiation dose concepts. "
04/01/1995 - "The efficacy of radiotherapy of the calcaneal spur was evaluated. "

07/01/2000 - "Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is a new modality that is safe and effective in the treatment of painful heel spurs."
02/01/2023 - "Both radial and focused types of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) have been used in patients with plantar calcaneal spur (PCS). "
02/01/2012 - "Effects of extracorporal shock wave therapy on symptomatic heel spurs: a correlation between clinical outcome and radiologic changes."
10/01/2006 - "Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in runners with a symptomatic heel spur."
07/01/2002 - "[Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in symptomatic heel spurs. "

01/01/2016 - "Studies that describe the effect of ESWT treatment were also analyzed in this article, and all of them confirm its effectiveness in heel spur therapy, showing no side-effects. "
02/01/2012 - "The present study supports the finding that even with no radiologic change after ESWT therapy, the therapy produces significant effects in reducing patients' complaints about heel spurs."
01/01/2016 - "Focused shockwave therapy and radial shockwave therapy improve the well-being of patients with symptomatic heel spur significantly and comparably. "
01/01/2016 - "Forty three patients with symptomatic heel spur were divided into two comparative groups that received respectively focused shockwave therapy (the FSWT group; 2000 impulses, 4 Hz, 0.4 mJ/mm2) and radial shockwave therapy (the RSWT group; 2000 impulses, 8 Hz, 5 bars + 2000 impulses, 8 Hz, 2.5 bars). "
01/01/2013 - "Evaluation of the effectiveness of vibroacoustic therapy treatment of patients with so-called "heel spur". "

06/01/2021 - "In this study, we aimed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) and extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of calcaneal spurs. "
06/01/2022 - "Low-level laser therapy versus extracorporeal shock wave therapy in calcaneal spur."
06/01/2021 - "Comparison of effects of low-level laser therapy and extracorporeal shock wave therapy in calcaneal spur treatment: A prospective, randomized, clinical study."

10/23/2021 - "In conclusion, the HILT does not appear to be more effective in pain management of patients with calcaneal spurs and plantar fasciitis than the conservative standard physiotherapeutic procedures."
10/23/2021 - "This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of HILT in pain management in patients with calcaneal spur and plantar fasciitis. "