66
Participants
Start Date
May 1, 2023
Primary Completion Date
August 28, 2023
Study Completion Date
September 8, 2023
ESWT
Patients in this group received three sessions of ESWT (MASTERPLUS MP 200 ENERGY 2 trademarked ESWT device) at an energy density of 2 bars and a frequency of 2,000 shocks/min at 12 Hz for three weeks, each session once a week. Each of the five most sensitive and painful points was given 400 pulses in the supine position
Dry needling
Dry needling with Seirin branded 0.6\*50 mm acupuncture needles will be performed for 3 sessions with one week intervals for the trigger point detected by manual palpation in the medial gastrocnemius, lateral gastrocnemius, soleus, flexor digitorum brevis, quadratus plantae, abductor hallucis brevis muscles of the patients in the group.
Istanbul Training and Resarch Hospital, Istanbul
Istanbul Training and Research Hospital
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