[Physiotherapeutic proceeding in symptomatic calcaneal spur treatment].

Abstract

Calcaneal spur is one of the most common disorders associated with foot pain. According to appearance of pain in each step during the day, it is important to find the most effective method of treatment. This article is a review of medical reports about non-operative treatment method. It shows that ultrasound therapy was the most common physical intervetion used so far, and mostly occurs to be effective. However one of the comparative studies improves higher efficiency of phonopheresis. Another comparative study, shows higher efficiency of combined ultrasound and laser therapy, than exclusive laser therapy. There haven't been found any articles that would evaluate efficacy of electrotherapy and short wave diathermy (electric field) in the treatment of mentioned disorder. Studies that describe the effect of ESWT treatment were also analyzed in this article, and all of them confirm its effectiveness in heel spur therapy, showing no side-effects. Cryotherapy also causes positive effect in treatment of this disorder. However Cryoultrasound therapy that uses the energy of two interconnected terapeutic techniques which is cryotherapy and ultrasounds, proved to be more effective.

• Authors: Natalia Kociuga, Jerzy Kociuga, Marta Woldańska-Okońska, Anna Kubsik
• Journal: Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) (Wiad Lek) 2016 Vol. 69 Issue 6 Pg. 758-764 ISSN: 0043-5147 [Print] Poland
• PMID: 28214811 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Cryotherapy
• Electric Stimulation Therapy
• Heel Spur (therapy)
• High-Energy Shock Waves (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Laser Therapy
• Physical Therapy Modalities
• Treatment Outcome
• Ultrasonic Therapy