| Title: |
Effect of corticosteroids over plantar fascia thickness in plantar fasciitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| Authors: |
Peña-Martínez, Víctor M., Acosta-Olivo, Carlos, Simental-Mendía, Luis E., Sánchez-García, Adriana, Jamialahmadi, Tannaz, Sahebkar, Amirhossein, Vilchez-Cavazos, Félix, Simental-Mendía, Mario |
| Source: |
Physician & Sportsmedicine; Jun2024, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p217-228, 12p |
| Subject Terms: |
PLANTAR fasciitis, CORTICOSTEROIDS, ANALGESIA, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, INJECTIONS, THICKNESS measurement |
| Abstract: |
Corticosteroid injections have been typically used for the management of plantar fasciitis with apparently good clinical outcomes; however, there is no information of the effect of corticosteroids on the thickness of the plantar fascia which is typically altered in this pathology. We aimed determine whether treatment with corticosteroid injections induces plantar fascia thickness changes in plantar fasciitis MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCT) reporting the use of corticosteroid injection to treat plantar fasciitis to July 2022. Studies must have reported plantar fascia thickness measurement. The risk of bias in all studies was assessed with the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2.0 tool. Meta-analysis was conducted using a random-effects model and the generic inverse variance method. Data from 17 RCT (including 1109 subjects) were collected. The follow-up period ranged from one to six months. Most studies measured the thickness of the plantar fascia at the insertion into the calcaneus using ultrasound. Pooled analysis revealed that corticosteroid injections had no significant effect on plantar fascia thickness (weighted mean differences [WMD], 0.06 mm [95% CI: −0.17, 0.29]; p = 0.61) or pain relief (WMD, 0.12 cm [95% CI: −0.36, 0.61]; p = 0.62) above active controls. Corticosteroid injections do not perform better than other common interventions in terms of a decrease of plantar fascia thickness and pain relief for plantar fasciitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |
