Background: Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a chronic inflammatory condition that is caused by frequent trauma and induces severe pain. Frequent trauma is the best noted cause of PF, however, exact cause is unknown. Treatment of PF involves several strategies; either surgical or conservative ones. This study was done to determine the current and most promising future interventions of PF.
Methodology: We conducted a PubMed database search for trials related to the PF. The option of clinical trials was selected to limit the articles. The search process included using of several keywords to obtain all possible trials.
Results: Of the 44 articles obtained, 15 articles were included as they met our inclusion criteria, which were clinical trials and were published after 2010. The articles were summarized according to main points; author and publication year, design of the trial, patients, intervention, combined interventions used, treatment duration and evaluation, results and main findings.
Conclusion: HILT and ESWT were current effective non-surgical treatment for PF. EPRF was an effective surgical strategy, the promising future interventions include HA, APC and PDRN.
Key words: Plantar fasciitis, PF intervention, PF management
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