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. 2010 Sep 1;3:18. doi: 10.1186/1757-1146-3-18

Table 2.

Characteristics of included studies

Trial

 Design

 Number allocated to
experimental and control
groups		 Mean age in
years (SD)
 % Female

 Mean duration
of disease in
months (SD)		 Exclusion
criteria
 Criteria used to
identify the MTrP
Tillu and
Gupta
(1998) 		Quasi-experimental
(one group)
 Experimental = 18

 49.1 (10.7)

 72.3%

 25.1 (10.7)

 History of heel surgery
or cortisone injection in
last three months		 No criteria used
Imamura
et al.
(1998)


 Quasi-experimental
(two groups,
non-randomised)


 Experimental = 15
(Actual number is unclear but it
would appear that 20 were
recruited and 5 dropped out)

Control = 9 at discharge.		 Experimental:
50.0 (12.2)

Control:
44.0 (NR)
 89.7%




 27.0 (NR)




 NR




 MTrP identified via
palpation (local
tenderness and taut
band)
Perez-Millan
and Foster
(2001) 		Quasi-experimental
(one group)
 Experimental = 11

 39.5 (12.7)

 72.8%

 39.0 (5.0)

 NR

 NR

Key: NR=Not reported