| Clinical effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave treatment combined with electric acupuncture for chronic plantar fasciitis |
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| EN KeyWords: extracorporeal shock wave electric acupuncture chronic plantar fasciitis |
| Fund Project:湖北省十堰市科技攻关项目（2010-043S） |
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| Objective: To observe the clinical effect of extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) combined with electric acupuncture for chronic plantar fasciitis. Methods: 60 patients with chronic plantar fasciitis were randomly divided into electric acupuncture group, ESWT group and combined group，with 20 cases in each group. Visual analog scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the pain degree before，2 weeks，4 weeks and 3 months after treatment, and VAS weighted value was used to evaluate the clinical effect 3 months after treatment in all 3 groups. Results: VAS scores were dramatically declined after treatment at all phases in 3 groups, and those in combined group were declined more significantly than in electric acupuncture group and ESWT group (P<0.05). Improvement in ESWT group was more significant than in electric acupuncture group at 3rd month after treatment (P<0.05). VAS scores were gradually decreased in combined group and ESWT group, but increased at 3rd month after treatment in electric acupuncture group. The curative rate in combined group was obviously higher than in electric acupuncture group and ESWT group, and that in ESWT group was higher than in electric acupuncture group (P<0.05). Conclusion: ESWT and electric acupuncture are both effective in treating chronic plantar fasciitis, and combined use of them shows more satisfactory short term as well as long-term effects. |
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