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Acupuncture of Different Treatment Frequency in Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - 75 YearsAllGuang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese …
NCT06284993 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Plantar fasciitis (PF) is one of the most common causes of heel pain, typically characterized by a sharp pain in the plantar aponeurosis, specifically near the insertion site close to the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity. It has been reported that 1 in 10 people are expected to be affected by PF in their lifetime. A comprehensive internet-panel survey conducted among the adult United States population revealed the population-based prevalence of self-reported PF with pain in the last month was 0.85 percent. Approximately 1 million patients are diagnosed with this disease each year in the United States. PF was believed to be an acute inflammatory disease, but patient samples show it is actually a chronic degenerative process caused by various factors such as repetitive stresses, vascular and metabolic disorders, excess free radicals, high temperatures, genetic factors, and condit

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with a diagnosis of chronic PF with a disease course of ≥ 6 months; * The most painful heel pain in the morning is Visual Analogue Scale (VAS; 0 indicating no pain and 100 indicating maximal pain) ≥ 40 mm on a 100 mm VAS; * Patients between the ages of 18 and 75 years; * Patients should be conscious, free from mental disorders, and without serious heart, liver, or kidney diseases; and * Willing to sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * History of calcaneal tuberosity fracture/calcaneal stress fracture/calcaneal contusion/plantar fascia rupture; * History of ankle or foot surgery; * Achilles tendon enthesis lesion/tarsal tunnel syndrome/medial calcaneal nerve entrapment/nerve injury; * Systemic or local infection, severe cracked heel, foot deformity (e.g., high arched feet, flat feet, foot valgus); * Systemic diseases (e.g., obligatory spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative arthritis, autoimmune system diseases, tumors, diabetes ) and other situations judged by the investigators not to be suitable for the clinical trial; * Pregnant women; patients with severe combined cardiac, hepatic, renal, hematopoietic, and patients with cardiac pacemakers , and patients with severe poor general nutritional status; * Cognitive impairment, inability to understand the content of the scale evaluation; * Topical steroid injection or oral use in the past 6 months; * Patients with a known fear of acupuncture or who have been treated with acupuncture in the past 8 weeks.
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What it tests

  • electroacupuncture(more frequent)
  • electroacupuncture(less frequent)
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Where

1 site
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Guang'anmen Hospital
Beijing, China
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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