Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:09 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 1:09 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03873961
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* unilateral painful activity related symptoms from the Achilles region
* tenderness during palpation of Achilles insertion on calcaneus or couple centimeters above
* unilateral plantar heel pain, mainly during the first few steps upon rising in the morning
* tenderness at the insertion site of the plantar fascia o the calcaneus
Exclusion Criteria:
* bilateral heel pain
* other acute pathology (febrile fever, cold. etc.) that require treatment
* other painful conditions that require painkillers (tooth pain, back pain, etc)
* pregnancy
* history of recent trauma or foot surgery
* wounds, infections in treatment area
* impaired sensation in treatment area
* pigmentation changes on the skin in treatment area (tattoo, birthmarks)
* received oral or injected corticosteroids within the last 26 weeks
* diagnosis of systemic inflammatory arthritis (goat, rheumatoid arthritis, etc)
* diagnosis of neurological heel pain (radiculopathy)
* diagnosis of other heel pathology (calcaneal stress fracture, osteomyelitis, plantar fascia neoplasm, plantar fascia rupture, etc)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
85 Years
Study:
NCT03873961
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03873961