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Table 1 Baseline measures of participant characteristics

From: Comparison of usual podiatric care and early physical therapy intervention for plantar heel pain: study protocol for a parallel-group randomized clinical trial

Characteristic

ePT

uPOD

Age (years)

  

Sex

  

Height (cm)

  

Weight (kg)

  

BMI (kg/m2)

  

Bilateral symptoms (%)

  

Prior history of PHP (yes/no)

  

Duration of symptoms (days)

  

Foot Posture Index [38]

  

Number of hours on feet/week

  

NPRS

  

FAAM

  

EQ-5Dâ„¢

  

Healthcare resource use (US dollars)*

  

General recovery expectation†

  

Expectation for physical therapy‡

  

Expectation for podiatry‡

  

Treatment Preference (%):

  

Neutral

  

Physical Therapy

  

Podiatry

  
  1. *Data derived from a participant-reported questionnaire. †Measured by rating expected recovery according to the GROC scale [34]. ‡As measured on a 0–10 visual analog scale where 0 = not helpful and 10 = extremely helpful relative to plantar heel pain. BMI: Body mass index; ePT: Early physical therapy intervention; EQ-5D™: European Quality of Life-Five Dimensions; FAAM: Foot and Ankle Ability Measure; NPRS: Numeric pain rating scale; PHP: Plantar heel pain; uPOD: Usual podiatric care.