Acupuncture of Different Treatment Frequency in Chronic Plantar Fasciitis

Exclusion Criteria

• •History of calcaneal tuberosity fracture/calcaneal stress fracture/calcaneal contusion/plantar fascia rupture;
• •History of ankle or foot surgery;
• •Achilles tendon enthesis lesion/tarsal tunnel syndrome/medial calcaneal nerve entrapment/nerve injury;
• •Systemic or local infection, severe cracked heel, foot deformity (e.g., high arched feet, flat feet, foot valgus);
• •Systemic diseases (e.g., obligatory spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative arthritis, autoimmune system diseases, tumors, diabetes ) and other situations judged by the investigators not to be suitable for the clinical trial;
• •Pregnant women; patients with severe combined cardiac, hepatic, renal, hematopoietic, and patients with cardiac pacemakers , and patients with severe poor general nutritional status;
• •Cognitive impairment, inability to understand the content of the scale evaluation;
• •Topical steroid injection or oral use in the past 6 months;
• •Patients with a known fear of acupuncture or who have been treated with acupuncture in the past 8 weeks.