Abstract No: 313 Effectiveness of Mobilization with Movement and Plantar Myofascial Release on Pain, Physical Function, and Ankle Range of Motion among Plantar Fasciitis Subjects
Khushi SoniDescription:
Plantar fasciitisis anaseptic inflammation of the plantar fascia. It leads to pain in the foot anterior to the plantar fascia’s attachment. The causative factors for this condition include overweight, walking, running, or standing for long period of time, faulty alignment of the foot, and old worn shoes with insufficient arch support.
Purpose of the study:
There is a gap in the recent advanced studies where the comparative effects of Mobilization With Movement and Plantar Myofascial Releaseared one for reducing pain, improving physical function and increasing ankle range. Hence, there is a need to find out the effects of Mobilization with Movement versus Plantar Myofascial Release on decreasing pain, improving physical function and ankle ROM in subjects with plantar fasciitis.
Relevance:
Mobilization with Movement and Plantar Myofascial Release are thought to be effective therapeutic approaches for plantar fasciitis and heel spur pain in reducing pain, enhancing functionality and reducing muscle tension as well as improving flexibility and better tissue quality.
Participants:
Total 10 subjects (both male and female) were recruited according to inclusion and exclusion criteria with the age group of 20-45 years on the basis of convenience sampling method and divided into two groups: Group A and Group B.
Method:
Group A was treated with Mobilization with movement plus conventional therapy, Group B was treated with plantar myofascial release plus conventional therapy for 2 weeks (6 days/week). Outcome measures used were Foot Function Index and Ankle range of motion.
Analysis:
According to normality test, tests were applied for within group (paired t-test) and between group (unpaired t-test) analysis.
Results:
Inter-group analysis by unpaired t-test showed significant improvement in pain, physical function, and ankle ROM in subjects with plantar fasciitis (P value ≤ 0.001).
Conclusion:
This study showed statistically significant improvement in pain, physical function, and ankle ROM with the use of Mobilization with movement and plantar myofascial release. However, Mobilization with movement was found to be more effective in reducing pain and improving physical function and ankle ROM than plantar myofascial release.
Implication:
Both techniques (MWM as well as plantar myofascial release) can be further implemented in clinical practice for decreasing pain, improving physical function and ankle ROM related to the condition of plantar fasciitis according to the availability of clinical setup and the trained physiotherapist.