Original Article
Acupuncture Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Six Months Follow-Up
Table 1
Demographic and baseline data.
| | Characteristic | Mean ± SEM; n (%) | | PC7 (n = 28) | LI4 (n = 25) |
| | Age (years) | 47.0 ± 2.2 | 50.0 ± 2.0 | | Height (cm) | 161.4 ± 1.8 | 159.2 ± 2.3 | | Weight (kg) | 64.8 ± 2.3 | 66.7 ± 2.6 | | Sex | | | | Male | 8 (28.6) | 6 (24) | | Female | 20 (71.4) | 19 (76) | | Affected side | | | | Left | 7 (25) | 7 (28) | | Right | 6 (21.4) | 5 (20) | | Bilateral | 15 (53.6) | 13 (52) | | Duration of heel pain (months) | 44.9 ± 8.8 | 22.9 ± 8.8 | | Weight bearing time (h/day) | 5.8 ± 0.7 | 4.6 ± 0.6 | | Calcaneal spur shown in X-ray | 8 (28.6) | 6 (24) | | Not receiving any treatment | 2 (7.1) | 4 (16) | | Previous treatments | 26 (92.9) | 21 (84) | | Western medicine | 13 | 14 | | Local injections | 4 | 5 | | Surgery | 0 | 0 | | Chinese medicine | 10 | 7 | | Acupuncture | 12 | 4 | | Physiotherapy | 11 | 7 | | Foot pad | 18 | 13 | | Cream or tape | 15 | 0 | | Others | 1 | 0 | | Morning pain | 55.3 ± 4.6 | 53.2 ± 4.7 | | Activity pain | 54.5 ± 3.1 | 48.3 ± 4.1 | | Overall pain | 58.1 ± 2.6 | 55.0 ± 3.4 | | Pain threshold (kPa) | | | | Normal foot | 835.2 ± 34.6 | 873.9 ± 35.3 | | Affected foot | 466.9 ± 34.0 | 522.7 ± 48.4 |
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