Open AccessTHE EFFICIENCY OF MANUAL THERAPY WITH COMBINED CRYOULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION OF CHRONIC PLANTAR FASCIITIS
Author(s) -
George-Sebastian Iacob
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of the "transilvania" university of braşov. series ix, sciences of human kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2344-2034
pISSN - 2344-2026
DOI - 10.31926/but.shk.2020.13.62.2.25
Subject(s) - plantar fasciitis , plantar fascia , medicine , cryotherapy , rehabilitation , physical therapy , fascia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine
Plantar fasciitis (PF) is an inflammatory process of the plantar fascia, commonly encountered among runners. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the manual therapy (MT) alternated with the use of cryoultrasound in the treatment of PF is an effective option in reducing the symptomatology. The test was performed on 10 subjects (two groups), having the following rehabilitation protocol: Group A – MT and cryoultrasound; Group B – MT and cryotherapy. Both treatments proved to be effective, the difference in pain intensity on the VAS scale between the two groups measured at E3 being 10.48% in favor of group A