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Table 2 Timeline for primary and secondary outcome measurements

From: Effectiveness of trigger point dry needling for plantar heel pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Outcomes

     
  

Baseline

2 weeks

4 weeks

6 weeks

3 months

Primary

      

FHSQ

Pain

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

VAS

'first-step' pain

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

Secondary

      

FHSQ

Function

✔

  

✔

✔

 

General foot

✔

  

✔

✔

 

health

     

SF-36

 

✔

  

✔

✔

DASS-21

 

✔

  

✔

✔

  1. Notes: FHSQ = Foot Health Status Questionnaire; VAS = Visual analogue scale; SF-36 = Short-form-36; CEQ = Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire; DASS-21 = Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - short version.