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Ultrasonographic measurements of plantar fascia thickness and echogenicity in individuals with and without plantar fasciitis: Reliability and group differences.
Salehi, Saman; Shadmehr, Azadeh; Olyaei, Gholamreza; Bashardoust Tajali, Siamak; Mir, Seyed Mohsen; Sobhani, Vahid.
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  • Salehi S; Dept. of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: salehis@razi.tums.a.ir.
  • Shadmehr A; Dept. of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: shadmehr@tums.ac.ir.
  • Olyaei G; Dept. of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: olyaeigh@sina.tums.ac.ir.
  • Bashardoust Tajali S; Dept. of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: s_bashardoust@yahoo.com.
  • Mir SM; Dept. of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: smmir@tums.ac.ir.
  • Sobhani V; Exercise Physiology Research Center, Life Style Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: sobhani518@gmail.com.
Foot (Edinb) ; 49: 101849, 2021 Dec.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34597921
OBJECTIVE: Imaging techniques such as ultrasonography are beneficial for diagnosis of plantar fasciitis. The purpose of this study was to investigate intra-rater reliability of plantar fascia thickness and echogenicity in subjects with and without plantar fasciitis and to compare the measurements between the two groups. DESIGN: Sonographic evaluation of the plantar fascia was performed in prone position in 20 subjects without plantar fasciitis and 20 subjects with plantar fasciitis. The outcome measures extracted from the ultrasound images included plantar fascia thickness at the insertion, 1 cm and 3 cm distal from the insertion and plantar fascia echogenicity. The reliability of outcome measures was estimated for both groups using absolute and relative reliability variables. The two groups were compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA). RESULTS: ICCs (3, 3) for intra-rater reliability of plantar fascia thickness and echogenicity were, respectively, ≥0.89 and ≥0.89 in the healthy controls and 0.87≥ and 0.90≥ in the plantar fasciitis group. The subjects with plantar fasciitis showed a thicker plantar fascia with lower echogenicity in all of measurement stations of plantar fascia compared to the healthy controls. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study indicated that ultrasonography is a reliable method to measure plantar fascia thickness and echogenicity. Furthermore, the findings showed that plantar fascia is affected not only at its insertion but also in other points remote from the insertion in patients with plantar fasciitis. These findings support the diagnostic value of ultrasonography in therapy and research of the patients with plantar fasciitis.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Fascitis Plantar Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Foot (Edinb) Asunto de la revista: ORTOPEDIA Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Fascitis Plantar Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Foot (Edinb) Asunto de la revista: ORTOPEDIA Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido