Michel R
Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center, Department of Surgery/Podiatry Section, MC 112, 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301, USA.
Foot (Edinb). 2012 Mar;22(1):48-52. doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2011.11.006. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
Plantar fasciitis (or Heel Pain Syndrome) is a common foot disorder. Whereas most patients with this condition have satisfactory outcomes with conventional treatment, the condition can become recalcitrant. For these patients, the use of Pulsed Radio Frequency Energy (PRFE) appears to be a safe, noninvasive, and effective treatment option. While PRFE has been used to provide pain relief for other clinical conditions, little clinical information is available regarding its effectiveness for the treatment of plantar fasciitis. Reported here are outcomes for six cases of recalcitrant plantar fasciitis (duration 6 months or longer) that were unresponsive to conventional treatment alone, for which complete or near complete pain relief was achieved following adjunctive PRFE therapy.
足底筋膜炎（或足跟痛综合征）是一种常见的足部疾病。虽然大多数患有这种疾病的患者通过传统治疗能取得满意的效果，但病情可能会变得顽固。对于这些患者，使用脉冲射频能量（PRFE）似乎是一种安全、无创且有效的治疗选择。虽然PRFE已被用于缓解其他临床病症的疼痛，但关于其治疗足底筋膜炎有效性的临床信息却很少。本文报告了6例顽固性足底筋膜炎（病程6个月或更长）的治疗结果，这些病例单独采用传统治疗无效，在辅助PRFE治疗后实现了完全或近乎完全的疼痛缓解。
