Evaluation of the efficacy of trigger points combined with extracorporeal shock waves in the treatment of plantar fasciitis: heel temperature and plantar pressure.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was conducted according to the principles of the Helsinki Declaration and approved by the Ethics Committee of Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University: No. 2021K109. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) has been registered at the Primary Registry of International Clinical Trial Registry Platform World Health Organization “Chinese Clinical Trial Registry” [ChiCTR2100054439]. All participants signed the informed consent form. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was supported by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (grant number 22Y11912600), Key Disciplines of Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (grant number ZDXK2215), and Key Special Disease Project of Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (grant number ZDZB2219)."

"Trial registration Registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (www.chictr.org.cn) on 12/17/2021 with the following code: ChiCTR-INR-2,100,054,439."