The comparison of intralesionary steroid injection and autologous venous blood injection in patients with plantar fasciitis
Acta Medica Mediterranea, cilt.31, sa.3, ss.711-716, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Dergi Adı: Acta Medica Mediterranea
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.711-716
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Plantar Fasciitis, autologous venous blood, intralesionary steroid, visual analog scale
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Aims: Plantar fasciitis (PF) is a degenerative disease of the plantar fascia caused from recurrent replicable micro-trauma of the radix part of the calcaneus. The comparison of the effectiveness of the intralesionary autologous venous blood injection (AVBI) and intralesionary steroid injection (ISI) was aimed with this study. Materials and methods: In this study, we included forty-nine patients with PF. AVBI was applied to 28 patients while the remaining 21 patients underwent ISI. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to measure the pain intensity of the patients. Results: Statistically significant differences were detected in both groups when baseline VAS scores compared with the ones collected during treatment at 6th week, 3th month and 6th month. While the changes in VAS scores of group ISI and group AVBI at the 6th month after treatment were respectively -44,52 ± 2.51, -37,35 ± 30,62; there was no statistically significant difference detected between groups (p=0.41). Conclusions: In this study, it is established that AVBI and ISI treatments could relieve the pain due to PF. AVBI might be seen as a good alternative for ISI when disadvantages of the ISI like possible complications are thought.