The Efficacy of Adding Rigid Taping to Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in The Treatment of Plantar Fasciopathy | ||
| Benha International Journal of Physical Therapy | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 September 2025 PDF (406.1 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bijpt.2025.403272.1107 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed Othman ةahmoud Dakhly* 1; Salwa Fadl Abd Elmaged2; Sarah Mohamed Samir3; Ibrahim Mohamed Abd Elrahman4 | ||
| 1Orthopedic department, faculty of physical therapy ,Beni-suief university, Beni-suief,Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders & its Surgery, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University | ||
| 3Department of musculoskeletal disorders - faculty of physical therapy Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA. - Cairo university | ||
| 4Lecturer at Orthopedic Department, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Beni-suief University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Plantar fasciopathy (PF) is a degenerative condition that is one of the main causes of heel and foot pain. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and taping among other treatments are conservative treatment methods for PF. Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the application of KT as an integrative method in PF and to compare it with ESWT therapy. Methods: Fifty two patients of both genders with moderate to severe planter fasciopathy, their age range from 18-65 years. The patients were randomly assigned into two equal groups, group (A): received rigid taping in addition to ESWT. Group (B) received ESWT 1 session/ week for 6 weeks as control group. Results: within group comparison showed that there was a significant decrease in Visual analogue scale VAS and foot function index FFI and increase in pain pressure threshold PPT post treatment in both groups compared with that pretreatment. Comparison between groups post treatment revealed a significant decrease in VAS and FFI. And a significant increase in PPT of group A compared with group B post treatment. Conclusion: Combining rigid taping with ESWT significantly enhances pain reduction, PPT, and FFI in patients with plantar fasciopathy compared to ESWT alone, supporting the added clinical value of rigid taping as an effective adjunctive treatment for plantar fasciopathy. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Heel pain; Planter faciopathy; Rigid tape; Shockwave therapy | ||
|
Statistics Article View: 3 PDF Download: 10 |
||
