Table 1 Inclusion criteria for eligible studies

Design:

• Prospective cohort study; single arm clinical trials or clinical prediction rule derivation study;

Participants

• Inferior heel pain, that is pronounced with weight bearing or upon weight bearing after periods of rest and pain in palpation of the medial tubercle of the calcaneus for more than 1 month

Main outcome and outcome measures

• Recovery of plantar heel pain by measuring pain and function (i.e. VAS, FFI, GROC, PSFS)

Measures of effect size:

• At least one possible effect size measure e.g. odds ratios, risk ratios, hazard ratios, positive likelihood ratio, and area under curve

Language:

• No restrictions, with translators readily available