| Title |
Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short-term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomised trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, April 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-8-36 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Joel A Radford, Karl B Landorf, Rachelle Buchbinder, Catherine Cook |
| Abstract |
Plantar heel pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders of the foot and ankle. Treatment of the condition is usually conservative, however the effectiveness of many treatments frequently used in clinical practice, including stretching, has not been established. We performed a participant-blinded randomised trial to assess the effectiveness of calf muscle stretching, a commonly used short-term treatment for plantar heel pain. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Libya | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 257 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 46 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 40 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 25 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 64 | 24% |
| Unknown | 50 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 116 | 44% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 44 | 17% |
| Sports and Recreations | 19 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 15 | 6% |
| Unknown | 59 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1,030,068
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#2
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