Participants
contracture, plantar fasciitis, pain
PLANTAR FASCIITIS
The study included 40 patients aged 18-70 years with plantar fasciitis lasting more than 12 months.The diagnosis was made based on the clinical symptoms including pain at first step in the morning and pain on palpation of the plantar fascia insertion on the medial plantar aspect of the calcaneus. An isolated contracture of the gastrocnemius (IGC), evaluated by the Silfverskiöld test, had to be present.Thirty-three patients met for 6-year follow-up. Seven were lost to follow-up. Of these, 3 did not want to participate in the study and 4 did not respond to follow-up invitation. Seven of 20 nonoperatively treated patients became “crossovers” and were treated with PMGR between the 1- and 6-year follow-up. This left us with 3 patient groups with the following number of patients completing the 6-year follow-up: 15 operatively treated patients, 12 nonoperatively treated patients, and 6 crossover patients (Flow chart describing inclusion and follow-up from baseline to 6 years.