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Chronic plantar fasciitis treated with two sessions of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy.

Mahmoud I MI Ibrahim, Robert A RA Donatelli, Christoph C Schmitz, Madeleine A MA Hellman, and Frederick F Buxbaum

Foot Ankle Int 31(5):391-7 (2010) PMID 20460065

Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (RSWT) has been previously demonstrated as an efficient treatment option for chronic plantar fasciitis (PF) when administered in three sessions. The present study tested the hypothesis that chronic PF can also be treated successfully with RSWT when only two treatment sessions are performed.

DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2010.0391
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