Heel pain breakthrough? exercise boosts steroid shot results
NCT ID NCT06917937
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether adding specific foot exercises to a standard corticosteroid injection provides extra relief for people with plantar fasciitis, a common cause of heel pain. Forty adults with heel pain for at least a month took part. Researchers measured pain, flexibility, and walking ability to see if the combination approach worked better than the injection alone.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2018
- Finished
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May 2019
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Those over the age of 18 * Those who have pain in the plantar region for 1 month and this pain is 5 or more according to VAS, * Those who describe pain on the first step of the morning, * Those with plantar fascia tenderness on palpation, * Patients who will be in harmony with the physician and physiotherapist in exercise and follow-up throughout the entire study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Cases with fracture, entrapment neuropathy and rupture, * Those with neurological and systemic diseases, * Those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 40, * Conditions with a local contraindication to corticosteroid, * Participants who have situations that may prevent their safety, execution or interpretation of the results during the continuation of the training and applied of the test protocol.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kütahya Health Sciences University
Kütahya, 43000, Turkey (Türkiye)
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