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Plantar fascia-specific stretching exercise improves outcomes in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis.  Summer 2007
A Prospective Clinical Trial with Two-Year Follow-Up. In a previous investigation, 82 patients with chronic proximal plantar fasciitis for a duration of more than 10 months completed a randomized, prospective clinical trial. The patients received instructions for either a plantar fascia-stretching protocol or an Achilles tendon-stretching protocol and were evaluated after eight weeks. Substantial differences were noted in favor of the group managed with the plantar fascia-stretching program. The goal of this two-year follow-up study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes of the plantar fascia-stretching protocol in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis.
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Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis by Low-Dye Taping and Iontophoresis--Short-Term results of a Double Blinded, Randomised, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial of Dexamethasone and Acetic Acid.  Summer 2006
Objective: To determine if in the short term acetic acid and dexamethasone iontophoresis combined with low-Dye taping are effective in treating the symptoms of plantar fasciitis.
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Effectiveness of Low-Dye Taping for the Short-term Management of Plantar Fasciitis  Spring 2006
Objective: To evaluate the short-term effectiveness of low-Dye taping in relieving pain associated with plantar fasciitis.
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