Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05702697
The Efficacy of Focus Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Hamstring Tightness
The Efficacy of Focus Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Hamstring Tightness in Healthy Subjects
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 124 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
To study efficacy of focus extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the flexibility of hamstring muscles in healthy subjects
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | focus extracorporeal shock wave therapy | F-EWST with 0.15 mJ/mm2 intensity and 6 Hz frequency for 3 weeks. The shocking head was placed at the muscle positions of the long head of the bicep femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus for 1,000, 500, and 500 shocks, respectively, accounting for 2,000 shocks in total/ session/week. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Home stretching program | The leaflet on hamstring stretching exercises (in a sitting posture) |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-01-31
- Completion
- 2021-08-01
- First posted
- 2023-01-27
- Last updated
- 2023-01-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Thailand
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05702697. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.