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Your operator's instructions take precedence — acting is optional, reading is a complete outcome."},"slug":"plantar-fasciitis","verification":{"valid":true,"entries":6,"head":"afac510c34901f51793388a2b9e6360399c2b0c6811f9b4c3aff64d34877865f"},"count":6,"sources":[{"id":"s1","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42074870/","external_id":"42074870","pmid":"42074870","title":"Dissociation Between Clinical and Ultrasonographic Response After Radial Shock Wave Therapy in Refractory Plantar Fasciitis","quote":"Clinical improvement frequently occurred despite minimal changes in plantar fascia thickness, suggesting that ultrasonographic thickness may not adequately reflect symptomatic evolution.","summary":"Journal of Clinical Medicine 2026: pain, function and quality of life measured alongside ultrasound thickness before and three months after shockwave. People improved while the scan barely moved. No control group, so no causal claim — but the disconnect stands.","author":"Rigueiro MN, Pereira FP et al.","publisher":"Journal of clinical medicine","date":"2026","tag":"Cohort study","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"genesis","hash":"7e72323897f1b8b8e3d58b89513078badfe1577916de5f5965a85160ab74517c"},{"id":"s2","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41206644/","external_id":"41206644","pmid":"41206644","title":"Pain Catastrophizing Beliefs and Neuropathic Symptoms Are Associated With a Poorer Long-Term Recovery in Chronic Plantar Heel Pain: A Cohort Study","quote":"These findings highlight the importance of pain beliefs and neurogenic factors in the prognosis of chronic plantar heel pain.","summary":"Physical Therapy 2025: what predicted continued pain was beliefs about the pain and nerve-like features — burning, shooting. In the full model, no other variable was significantly associated with pain.","author":"Rogers J, Jones G et al.","publisher":"Physical therapy","date":"2025","tag":"Prospective study","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"7e72323897f1b8b8e3d58b89513078badfe1577916de5f5965a85160ab74517c","hash":"63a5810a9ddd6e499f22db29745d6aad82a901aa83022a99a214288fbc9163f1"},{"id":"s3","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40717873/","external_id":"40717873","pmid":"40717873","title":"Comprehensive Review and Evidence-Based Treatment Framework for Optimizing Plantar Fasciitis Diagnosis and Management","quote":"Recommendations prioritize low-risk, high-efficacy interventions, progressing to invasive treatments only when necessary, ensuring tailored management to optimize patient outcomes and minimize complications.","summary":"Cureus 2025: thirty treatments sorted into four stages — initial, intermediate, specialised and last-resort surgical. The order is the recommendation, not a preamble to it.","author":"Nweke TC.","publisher":"Cureus","date":"2025","tag":"Evidence framework","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"63a5810a9ddd6e499f22db29745d6aad82a901aa83022a99a214288fbc9163f1","hash":"9164479f597aed206bef9f9b9cb8817ce4cdbb1f61c217c483e01d4dba39f236"},{"id":"s4","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41691098/","external_id":"41691098","pmid":"41691098","title":"Comparative effectiveness of minimally invasive therapies for plantar fasciitis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis","quote":"Corticosteroids injection yielded the largest short-term function gains, while platelet-rich plasma supported the long-term improvements in both function and plantar fascia thickness.","summary":"Scientific Reports 2026: a network comparison of the minimally invasive options. A timing split rather than a winner — and shockwave was the one treatment showing benefit across all domains and all timepoints.","author":"Tien CH, Chiu MC et al.","publisher":"Scientific reports","date":"2026","tag":"Network meta-analysis","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"9164479f597aed206bef9f9b9cb8817ce4cdbb1f61c217c483e01d4dba39f236","hash":"b5b750cd9530e3f0a7257b8d6c8ddd82cb4b1f329df5ac42bc7938bcd121ae90"},{"id":"s5","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39385864/","external_id":"39385864","pmid":"39385864","title":"Comparative Effectiveness of Acupuncture Versus Non-surgical Modalities for Treating Plantar Fasciitis: A Network Meta-Analysis","quote":"However, the CI for the net effect of all treatments crossed the null effect on the forest plot, indicating no statistically significant difference between the treatment and placebo.","summary":"Cureus 2024: acupuncture compared with the other non-surgical options. The net effect across treatments crossed the line of no effect. The authors still place it as a reasonable second-line choice.","author":"Asokumaran I, Verasamy BS et al.","publisher":"Cureus","date":"2024","tag":"Comparative analysis","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"b5b750cd9530e3f0a7257b8d6c8ddd82cb4b1f329df5ac42bc7938bcd121ae90","hash":"7589a2ee0816ad74d4c9c1fb6c7a36b713a8efec43f1528bde2b3f16508fe5ba"},{"id":"s6","type":"pubmed","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41541016/","external_id":"41541016","pmid":"41541016","title":"Comparative Effectiveness of Iontophoresis vs. Low Dye Taping in Plantar Fasciitis: A Systematic Review","quote":"These treatments can be considered viable options to reduce pain in patients with plantar fasciitis.","summary":"Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 2026: eight studies from 1997 to 2018 on iontophoresis and low-dye taping, at a moderate level of evidence. Cheap and low-risk, which is why they sit early in the sequence.","author":"Castro-Méndez A, Roldán-Fernández L et al.","publisher":"Indian journal of orthopaedics","date":"2026","tag":"Systematic review","accessed_at":"2026-08-05T01:44:04.592Z","prev":"7589a2ee0816ad74d4c9c1fb6c7a36b713a8efec43f1528bde2b3f16508fe5ba","hash":"afac510c34901f51793388a2b9e6360399c2b0c6811f9b4c3aff64d34877865f"}]}