Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: A total of 35 heels of 27 patients were randomly assigned to three steroid injection groups: palpation-guided (pg), ultrasound-guided (ug), and scintigraphy-guided (sg). Patients were evaluated for pain intensity before the injections and at the last follow-up of 25.3 months with a 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS). RESULTS: There were significant improvements in plantar fascia thickness, fat pad thickness, and VAS. Among the three groups of ug-pg, ug-sg, and pg-sg there were no statistically significant differences after treatment (P = 0.017, MWU = 36.5; P = 0.023, MWU = 29.5; and P = 0.006, MWU = 13, respectively). CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Istemi Yucel, Burhan Yazici, Erdem Degirmenci, Besir Erdogmus, Semih Dogan |
Journal | Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
(Arch Orthop Trauma Surg)
Vol. 129
Issue 5
Pg. 695-701
(May 2009)
ISSN: 1434-3916 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 18839190
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- betamethasone sodium phosphate
- betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate
- Betamethasone
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(administration & dosage)
- Betamethasone
(administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)
- Body Mass Index
- Fascia
(diagnostic imaging, drug effects, pathology)
- Fasciitis, Plantar
(diagnostic imaging, drug therapy, pathology)
- Female
- Foot
(diagnostic imaging)
- Humans
- Injections, Intralesional
(methods)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pain Measurement
- Palpation
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Ultrasonography
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