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Conservative treatment of plantar fasciitis . A prospective study . A randomized , prospective study was conducted to compare the individual effectiveness of three types of conservative therapy in the treatment of plantar fasciitis . One hundred three subjects were randomly assigned to one of three treatment categories : anti-inflammatory , accommodative , or mechanical . Subjects were treated for 3 months , with follow-up visits at 2 , 4 , 6 , and 12 weeks . For the 85 patients who completed the study , a statistically significant difference was noted between groups , with mechanical treatment with taping and orthoses proving to be more effective than either anti-inflammatory or accommodative modalities .
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Intervention_Control
Conservative treatment
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Intervention_Physical
conservative therapy
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Intervention_Other
anti-inflammatory , accommodative , or mechanical .
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Intervention_Educational
anti-inflammatory
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Intervention_Educational
accommodative modalities .
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Outcome_Other
individual effectiveness
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Participant_Condition
plantar fasciitis
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Participant_Sample-size
One hundred three
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Participant_Sample-size
85