Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:19 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 1:19 AM
NCT ID:
NCT06284993
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients with a diagnosis of chronic PF with a disease course of ≥ 6 months;
* The most painful heel pain in the morning is Visual Analogue Scale (VAS; 0 indicating no pain and 100 indicating maximal pain) ≥ 40 mm on a 100 mm VAS;
* Patients between the ages of 18 and 75 years;
* Patients should be conscious, free from mental disorders, and without serious heart, liver, or kidney diseases; and
* Willing to sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
* History of calcaneal tuberosity fracture/calcaneal stress fracture/calcaneal contusion/plantar fascia rupture;
* History of ankle or foot surgery;
* Achilles tendon enthesis lesion/tarsal tunnel syndrome/medial calcaneal nerve entrapment/nerve injury;
* Systemic or local infection, severe cracked heel, foot deformity (e.g., high arched feet, flat feet, foot valgus);
* Systemic diseases (e.g., obligatory spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative arthritis, autoimmune system diseases, tumors, diabetes ) and other situations judged by the investigators not to be suitable for the clinical trial;
* Pregnant women; patients with severe combined cardiac, hepatic, renal, hematopoietic, and patients with cardiac pacemakers , and patients with severe poor general nutritional status;
* Cognitive impairment, inability to understand the content of the scale evaluation;
* Topical steroid injection or oral use in the past 6 months;
* Patients with a known fear of acupuncture or who have been treated with acupuncture in the past 8 weeks.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT06284993
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06284993