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Botulinum Toxin A Improves Foot Function At 24 Weeks vs Ropivacaine for Plantar Fasciitis

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April 2021

Botulinum Toxin A Improves Foot Function At 24 Weeks vs Ropivacaine for Plantar Fasciitis

Vol: 22| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Comparison of Botulinum Toxin A, Corticosteroid, and Anesthetic Injection for Plantar Fasciitis

Foot Ankle Int. 2021 Mar;42(3): 305-313.

Contributing Authors:
J Elizondo-Rodríguez M Simental-Mendía V Peña-Martínez F Vilchez-Cavazos Y Tamez-Mata C Acosta-Olivo

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Seventy-one patients with ≥2 months of persisting heel pain at the origin of the plantar fascia unresponsive to conventional therapies were randomized to receive a single injection of ropivacaine (5 mL; n=23), an intra-lesional injection of betamethasone sodium phosphate (1 mL; n=25), or an intralesional injection of 200 U of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A; n=23) injection, administered using ultrasoun...

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