Effectiveness of Manual Therapy Combined With Standard Treatment in the Management of Plantar Fasciitis

"Pressure algometer (Algometry) - This is an instrument that measures pain threshold (the minimum pressure required to produce pain). The instrument consists of a flat disk size centimeter square attached to pressure transducer and measuring electrodes. The disk is placed vertically on the point of pain and therapist increases the intensity of the pressure until initial pain appears (when sense of pressure becomes sense of pain.) Score is determined by average of three repeated measurements with 30 seconds break between each.~The algometer allows an objective assessment of pain in addition to LEFS score which is a subjective tool. The algometer test was found to be valid and reliable in repeated measurements (interrater, intrarater) by Andrew A. Fischerin 1987 with healthy people \[Andrew 1987\]. In another study high reliability was found for averaging between three repeated tests: ICC = 0.91 (CI 0.82; 0.97 95%). \[Linda et al 2007\]"