NCT04410705

Effect of Eswt on Muscle Architecture

Investigation the Effect of the Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Muscle Strength, Flexibility and Architectural Features in Lower Extremity Tendinopathies

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 52 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the research is to investigate the effect of Ekstracorpereal shock wave treatment (ESWT) on muscle strength, flexibility and architecture of the lower extremity tendinopathies when applied using the frequencies specified in the literature with min and max frequency frequencies. Our hypothesis as researchers is ESWT treatment has an effect on muscle strength, flexibility and muscle architecture.

Detailed description

The study will conduct in the Physical Therapy and Radiology Department in a private hospital. The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Gaziantep the univsersity approved ethical compliance of the study with the decision number GO 2018-01. The participants will inform about the study and their write consent will obtain. Demographic information including the name, age, height, body weight and occupation of the participants will obtain before the evaluation. All the measurements will perform before, soon after the 1st session and after the last session. Outcome measures will be muscle strength, muscle flexibility, muscle architectures parameters.

Conditions

• Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Extracorporeal shockwave theraphy for hamstring tendinopathy	For hamstring tendinopathy; a total of 2000 impulses will be done. We will apply twice a week and 5 times in total.
OTHER	Extracorporeal shockwave theraphy for quadriceps tendinopathy	Energy flux density will be 0.58mJ/mm2 (2 bar) with 2000 impulses. We will perform twice a week, 5 times in total.
OTHER	Extracorporeal shockwave theraphy for achilles tendinopathy	Each session consisted of 2400 impulses will be administered with an energy flux density ranged from 0.17 to 0.25 mJ/mm2 (1.7-2.5 bar). We will perform once a week, 3 times in total.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-11
• Primary completion: 2020-07-05
• Completion: 2021-09-01
• First posted: 2020-06-01
• Last updated: 2021-02-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)