title: Treatment of plantar fasciitis with a night splint and shoe modification consisting of a steel shank and anterior rocker bottom.
abstract: Seventy-one feet in 57 patients with plantar fasciitis were treated with the combination of a night splint and a shoe modification consisting of a steel shank and anterior rocker bottom. At average follow-up of 16 months, symptoms were resolved in 42 (59%), improved in 13 (18%), not changed in 11 (15%), and worse in 5 (7%) of the feet. No relation was found between outcome and age, gender, duration of symptoms, and bilateral involvement. The method is effective for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mizel
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Marymont
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trepman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D012775:Shoes; D013165:Splints