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The Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity

NCT02221011 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-04-14

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Summary

The effect of traditional treatment for spasticity is barely satisfactory. The shock wave has been used to treat the spasticity with expressively response and the effect could persist for 1-3 months in different studies. However most sutdies lack the sham or control group. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of shock wave for spasticity in wrist and hand.

Conditions

  • Spasticity

Interventions

DEVICE

Shock wave

Shock waves are defined a sequence of acoustic pulse characterized by a high peak pressure (100 MPa), fast pressure rise (\< 10 ns) and short duration (10 μs) is conveyed by an appropriate generator to a specific target area with an energy density in the range of 0.003-0.890 mJ/mm2. Different studies and clinical experiments have demonstrated the efficacy of shock waves in the treatment of musculoskeletal system such as chronic tendinopathies, calcific tendinitis of the shoulder, lateral epicondylitis, plantar fasciitis, and several tendon diseases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tri-Service General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yung-Tsan Wu, MD · Tri-Service General Hospital National Defense Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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