Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (rESWT) for Coccydynia: a Quasi-experimental Case Series
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Coccyx Injury
- Interventions
- Other: ESWT
- Registration Number
- NCT05753514
- Lead Sponsor
- Barts & The London NHS Trust
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to assess whether a pain-adapted protocol of rESWT is effective in treating coccydynia.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
Inclusion Criteria
- Age ≥18 years
- VAS pain level ≥6
- Diagnosis of coccydynia (persistent pain in the coccygeal area consistent with coccydynia)
Exclusion Criteria
- Age <18 years
- Local or systemic neurological disease
- Rheumatological disease
- Malignant disease
- Previous spinal surgery or spinal disease
- Coagulopathies
- Pregnancy
- VAS pain level <6
- Recent (≤6 weeks) trauma to the coccyx
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description ESWT ESWT Effect of ESWT in alleviating pain
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Management of coccydynia 12 months Management of coccydynia (pain in the coccyx). The main presenting symptom is pain. its management is the primary goal of treatment. The pain VAS was used to monitor patient response and clinical improvement throughout treatment, with patients ranking the severity of their pain at rest, between "no pain" (0) and "worst imaginable pain" (10). Patients were asked their pain level before treatment at each session; although, this did not form part of our formal data collection. Treatment continued until patients reported a VAS pain level ≤3, at which point they were discharged from the clinic.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method