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Table 1 Plantar fascia thicknesses and pressure pain thresholds

From: Stretching and relaxing the plantar fascia may change plantar fascia thickness but not pressure pain thresholds: a cross-sectional study of patients with plantar fasciopathy

PLANTAR FASCIA THICKNESS

mm (SD)

 

STRETCHED

RELAXED

MOST SYMPTOMATIC

 SAGITTAL

6.0 (1.5)

5.8 (1.2)

 FRONTAL

5.8 (1.4)

5.5 (1.4)

LEAST SYMPTOMATIC

 SAGITTAL

4.6 (0.8)

4.6 (0.9)

 FRONTAL

4.6 (1.0)

4.4 (1.0)

PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLDS

kPa (SD)

 

MOST SYMPTOMATIC

LEAST SYMPTOMATIC

 STRETCHED

401.6 (101.7)

503.7 (155.4)

 RELAXED

388.1 (110.5)

492.7 (159.0)