Discussion
plantar fasciitis, pain
PAD, PLANTAR FASCIITIS
The study aimed to compare the effect of PRP injection with steroid injection for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. This study shows that steroids had better results than PRP in three months, but in six months, PRP decreased the massive pain and had a more improved AOFAS score compared with steroids.The well-being of the participants, assessed in terms of pain and functional mobility, was found to be better in the steroid group at three months; however, long-lasting relief from pain and higher mobility function was achieved at six months in the PRP group. These findings are consistent with other studies [The findings of this study showed the comparable thickness of the plantar fascia in both PRP and steroid groups (5.56 ± 0.95 mm versus 5.69 ± 0.88 mm) at baseline which confirmed the plantar fasciitis; the cut-off value of more than 4 mm thickness of plantar fascia is suggested of plantar fasciitis [This study has a few limitations. As this study was conducted in a specialized orthopaedic hospital, most of the patients had a treatment done earlier in another center which might affect our intervention’s outcomes. Also, most of the patients with plantar fasciitis preferred conservative treatment over injection therapy which could not make the larger sample size to generalize the findings in a large population. Similarly, the multivariate analysis could not be applied as we had no confounders of the plantar fasciitis. Besides these, we did not collect data on anthropometric measurements to find out the body mass index, which is associated with the mechanical properties of the plantar fascia and heel pad [