NCT02617329

Extracorporeal Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain

Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this research was to investigate the clinical effects on the ESWT treatment of shoulder and neck pain.

Detailed description

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used to treat various musculoskeletal disorders. The beneficial effects of the ESWT included pain alleviation and improvement in local blood circulation. However, few study exploring the effects of the ESWT for subjects with shoulder and neck pain.

Conditions

• Musculoskeletal Disorders

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)	The Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) was applied on upper trapezius and levator scapulae following parameters 1.5 bar, per intervention 2000 impulse, once a week for three weeks for the experimental group
OTHER	cervical flexion	Education have 8 movement home program for flexion, extension, side bending, rotation in neutral position, and rotation in a position of full cervical flexion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-09-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-11-30
• Last updated: 2015-11-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan