Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Versus Ultrasound Therapy for Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Cureus · 2022 · PMC8803385 · PMID 35145778

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showed a trendP = 0.39not close (p > 0.1)

Although pain during the first steps in the morning showed a trend favouring the ESWT group, statistical significance was not reached (P = 0.39) (Figure 2 ).

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Functional impairment (P = 0.22) and AOFAS scale score (P = 0.20) showed enhancements in the ESWT group compared with the UST group but failed to reach statistical significance (Figures 4 , 5 ).

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