Corticosteroid Injection, Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy, and Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Plantar Fasciitis:

RTL was performed as a single session using the radiofrequency ablation device (NeuroTherm JK4A; NeuroTherm Ltd, Croydon, London, England).

An injection of 1 ml of betamethasone 40 mg/ml and 2 ml of bupivacaine 5 mg/ml was performed.

Patients underwent 3 ESWT sessions applied to the plantar heel area, once a week with the same ESWT dose (15 Hz, 2000 pulse, 4.0 bar energy density) using a BTL-5000 SWT device (BTL Industries, USA).