Corticosteroid injection plus exercise versus exercise, beyond advice and a heel cup for patients with plantar fasciopathy: protocol for a randomised clinical superiority trial (the FIX-Heel trial)
Abstract Background Plantar fasciopathy has a lifetime prevalence of 10%. Patients experience sharp pain under the heel, often for several months or years. Multiple treatments are available, but no single treatment appears superior to the others. A corticosteroid injection offers short-term pain rel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Trials |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3977-0 |