Authors: Istemi Yucel Burhan Yazici Erdem Degirmenci Besir Erdogmus Semih Dogan
Publish Date: 2008/10/07
Volume: 129, Issue: 5, Pages: 695-
Abstract
A total of 35 heels of 27 patients were randomly assigned to three steroid injection groups palpationguided pg ultrasoundguided ug and scintigraphyguided sg Patients were evaluated for pain intensity before the injections and at the last followup of 253 months with a 100mm visual analog scale VASThere were significant improvements in plantar fascia thickness fat pad thickness and VAS Among the three groups of ug–pg ug–sg and pg–sg there were no statistically significant differences after treatment P = 0017 MWU = 365 P = 0023 MWU = 295 and P = 0006 MWU = 13 respectively
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