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Cassava Wax Bath Versus Standard of Care for Plantar Fasciitis

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August 2024

Cassava Wax Bath Versus Standard of Care for Plantar Fasciitis

Vol: 306| Issue: 8| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effects of cassava wax bath as a new therapeutic approach on patients with plantar fasciitis: a double-blind, randomised clinical trial.

Sci Rep . 2024 May 27;14(1):12098.

Contributing Authors:
V Buttagat S Punyanitya R Charoensup S Kaewsanmung P Areeudomwong S Kluayhomthong

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Forty patients with plantar fasciitis were randomized to receive either a cassava wax bath (n=20) or a paraffin wax bath (n=20). The primary outcome of interest was pain intensity. Secondary outcomes of interest included pressure pain threshold, pain frequency, foot and ankle ability measure, and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion. Outcomes were assessed at baseline, after five weeks of interventi...

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