Comparative Effects of Gun Massager and Transverse Friction Massage in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar Fascitis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparative Effects of Gun Massager and Transverse Friction Massage on Pain and Disability in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05347264
• Other study ID #: REC/Lhr/22/0146 Amna
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

to compare the effects of massage gun and transverse friction massage on management of pain and disability in patients with plantar fasciitis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients complaining of morning heel pain with taking first step.

• Patients with limited range of motion and diagnosed with plantar fasciitis.

• Patients who are willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with heel fracture and surgeries will be excluded.

• Patient with sign of local and generalized infection or sepsis.

• Patient with foot deformities will be excluded

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fasciitis
• Fasciitis, Plantar
• Plantar Fascitis

Intervention

Other:
• gun massager
15 to 20 minutes along with hot pack.
• transverse friction massage
15 to 20 minutes along with hot pack.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Aftab Hospital Daska	Daska	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (8)

Fraser JJ, Corbett R, Donner C, Hertel J. Does manual therapy improve pain and function in patients with plantar fasciitis? A systematic review. J Man Manip Ther. 2018 May;26(2):55-65. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2017.1322736. Epub 2017 May 3. — View Citation

Fraser JJ, Glaviano NR, Hertel J. Utilization of Physical Therapy Intervention Among Patients With Plantar Fasciitis in the United States. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2017 Feb;47(2):49-55. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2017.6999. — View Citation

Jones ER, Finley MA, Fruth SJ, McPoil TG. Instrument-Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization for the Management of Chronic Plantar Heel Pain: A Pilot Study. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2019 May;109(3):193-200. doi: 10.7547/16-105. Epub 2019 Mar 27. — View Citation

Kashif M, Albalwi A, Alharbi A, Iram H, Manzoor N. Comparison of subtalar mobilisation with conventional physiotherapy treatment for the management of plantar fasciitis. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Dec;71(12):2705-2709. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1049. — View Citation

Lakhwani M, Phansopkar P. Efficacy of Percussive massage Versus Calf Stretching on Pain, Range of Motion, Muscle Strength and Functional Outcomes in Patients with Plantar Fasciitis-A Randomized Control Trial. 2021.

Moshrif A, Elwan M, Daifullah OS. Deep friction massage versus local steroid injection for treatment of plantar fasciitis: a randomized controlled trial. Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation. 2020;47(1):1-5.

Rittu SB. A Comparative study on the Effectiveness of Myofascial Release and Deep Friction Massage in the Management of Foot Function and Flexibility among Chronic Plantar Fasciitis Patients: RVS College of Physiotherapy, Coimbatore; 2016.

Yelverton C, Rama S, Zipfel B. Manual therapy interventions in the treatment of plantar fasciitis: A comparison of three approaches. Health SA. 2019 Sep 25;24:1244. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1244. eCollection 2019. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Numeric pain scale	used as pain measurement tool to measure intensity of pain with 0 to 10 points. 0 Indicates no pain while 10 indicates severe pain	4th week
Primary	Foot and ankle disability index	Foot and ankle disability index is an area of explicit self-report of capacity with 2 components to evaluate disability identified with explicit conditions. The index was first portrayed in 1999 by Martin they survey impairments of everyday living	4th week