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| Name | Class |
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| BioElectronics Corporation | INDUSTRY |
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Plantar fasciopathy is a chronic condition affecting both sedentary populations, individuals in the workplace who must stand for prolonged periods of time, and athletes. It can be disabling. There is no single accepted treatment course that is recommended in the literature.
The use of pulsed radio-frequency electromagnetic (PRFE) devices has been proposed as a treatment option in chronic soft-tissue injury due to its ability to reduce pain and inflammation.
The proposed study will investigate the efficacy of the use of a PRFE device for the treatment of chronic heel pain using a double blind randomized placebo controlled design study.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | Placebo Comparator | Sham device that resembles the Actipatch PRFE device, including the light that illuminates when active, but the transmitting function has been disabled. |
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| Actipatch | Experimental | Use of the Actipatch PRFE device that is integrated into a viscoelastic heel pad for the treatment of plantar fasciopathy |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Sham pulsed radio-frequency electromagnetic device | Device | Disabled PRFE device |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain | 4 Weeks Follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual analog scale for pain | 26 weeks | |
| Foot and ankle disability index | 26 weeks | |
| Tegner activity scale |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Division of Sports Medicine | Vancouver | British Columbia | V6T 1Z3 | Canada |
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| ID | Term |
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| D036981 | Fasciitis, Plantar |
| ID | Term |
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| D005208 | Fasciitis |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D005534 | Foot Diseases |
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| ActiPatch PRFE Device |
| Device |
Actipatch PRFE device |
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| 26 weeks |