Blood test for chronic heel pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This study compares a blood marker (CTGF) between people with chronic heel pain (plantar fasciitis) and healthy controls. It aims to see if this marker can help diagnose or understand the condition.
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Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 65 years old.
- You have had heel pain for at least 3 months, especially with first steps in the morning.
- You have tenderness at the bottom of your heel (medial calcaneal tubercle).
- You have not had certain other foot problems, like tarsal tunnel syndrome or a heel fracture, or diabetes, rheumatic disease, gout, kidney or liver disease, cancer, or an active infection.
- You have not had foot or ankle surgery, or treatments like steroid injections, PRP, prolotherapy, or shock wave therapy in the last 3 months.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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