NCT07245498

ESWT for Low Back Pain

Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Chronic Non-radicular Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this interventional study is to compare the effects of ESWT in women and men between the age 18-65 with non radicular non specific low back pain . The main question it aims to answer is: Is intervention ESWT more effective than conventional physical therapy agents. Patients were divided into 2 groups; Group 1 ESWT+conventional physical therapy and group 2: sham ESWT+conventional physical therapy. Study follow up time before treatment, 0 week after treatment, and 1 month after treatment.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Physical Therapy
• Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	extracorporeal shock wave therapy	Shock wave probe applied perpendicularly to the quadratus lumborum, the sacroiliac joint, and the regions of the patient's lumbar area where pain is localized, following the application of coupling gel to facilitate the transmission of pressure waves generated by the device through the skin via its metallic applicator head

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-01
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2025-11-24
• Last updated: 2025-11-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)