The coorelation between hamstring tightness and plantar fasciitis / Mohamed Ahmed Sayed Farghl ; Supervised Salwa Fadl Abdelmegid , Hatem Mohamed Elazizy , Hamed Mohamed Elkhozamy

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Background: A significant number of individuals suffer from pain in the heel and many of them go on to have chronic symptoms and progressed to disability, and it may affect sedentary and active adults of all ages. Active knee extension test (AKE) is commonly used to assess flexibility and length of the hamstring muscles that`s may be related to plantar fasciitis (PF).objective:To assess the relationship between hamstring tightness and PF.methods:Thirty patients who were complaining of heel pain, their age ranged from 30-50 years. All participants were asked to assess plantar fascia thickness by ultrasonoghraphy and to assess hamstring length by range of active knee extension test; aiming to detect the correlation between hamstring tightness and plantar fasciitis. The mean age was 39.72± 5.58 years (range: 31-48 years), 83.3% were female, 66.6% were affected bilaterally and the mean BMI was 28.94±2.94 Kg/m².results:Pearson correlation coefficient (r) between mean value of thickness of plantar fascia measured by ultrasonography and active knee extension angle was -0.613. The results indicated that there was a strong negative linear correlation between the thickness of PF and range of active knee extension test angle (p=0.0001). This means that any increase in the thickness of PF, will be associated with decrease in active knee extension angle. conclusions: there is a strong correlation between PF and hamstring tightness

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