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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 6 Issue 3</issue_number>
<issue_period>2015 (July - September)</issue_period>
<title>COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KINESIOTAPING VERSUS INTRINSIC MUSCLE STRENGTHENING AND CRYOTHERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PLANTAR FASCITIS </title>
<abstract>Plantar fascitis is a common chronic overuse injury of the plantar fascia worldwide. A Comparative study was conducted with a total of 30 subjects where subjects were divided equally into two groups by lottery method. Patients in Group B received intrinsic muscle strengthening exercises and cryotherapy and the Group A received only Kinesiotaping.Each patient was assessed on day 1 lessThan sup greaterThan st lessThan /sup greaterThan  i.e.pre-treatment and on day 7 lessThan sup greaterThan th lessThan /sup greaterThan  i.e.post-treatment with Plantar fascitis pain scale (PFPS), Foot function index (FFI) and the changes in the Ultrasonography (USG). Group A and Group B were compared using Chi-square test and the Student t test. In relation to USG, PFPS and FFI, Group A shows lesser pain with the decreased plantar fascial thickness than Group B on Day 7, with the P value  lessThan  0.001. Thus, this study concludes that, Group A shows significant improvement in all parameters than Group B.</abstract>
<authors>AKSHAY V. KHATAVKAR, PROF.TUSHAR J. PALEKAR AND SOUMIK BASU</authors>
<keywords>Kinesiotaping, Plantar fascitis, Cryotherapy, Ultrasonography</keywords>
<pages>486-497</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
