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Efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave therapy, compared to corticosteroid injections, on pain, plantar fascia thickness and foot function in patients with plantar fasciitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Irene Cortés-PérezLaura Moreno-MontillaAlfonso Javier Ibáñez-VeraÁngeles Díaz-FernándezEsteban Obrero-GaitánRafael Lomas-Vega
Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2024)
Extracorporeal shock waves are a safe therapy, presenting more efficacy than corticosteroids injections in improving pain, thickness of plantar fascia and foot function at mid-term.
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