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Clinical Trials/IRCT20230225057527N1
IRCT20230225057527N1
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Comparison Study of Effects of Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Percussion Massagegun on Pain, Spasm and Performance in Amateur Athletes with subacute Myofascial Pain in Gasterocenemious Muscle

Tehran University of Medical Sciences0 sites42 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
42
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
3 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
3 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Amateur athletes aged 18\-30 years with a BMI of 18\-25\.
  • Pain in the posterior leg muscles (VAS: 3\-7\) during single\-leg movements, affecting the person for at least two weeks.
  • Local pain and tenderness in one or more points, or gastrocnemius muscle bundles in one leg, as well as at least one of the referred pain symptoms related to the TP or muscle bundle (e.g., muscle pain, tingling, and numbness) in the posterior leg muscles, or posterior medial part of ankle, toes, or behind the knee and thigh during rest or active ankle movement, which have limited the person for at least two weeks.
  • Loss of ROM with pain and tissue tension in dorsiflexion movement.
  • No history of systemic disease, especially hypertension, severe liver disease, renal dysfunction, or coagulopathy.
  • No history of the neurological disease of the central nervous system (e.g., spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis ,and spinal canal stenosis, and epilepsy).
  • No history of fracture or dislocation in the fibula and tibia bones during the last three months.
  • No history of FX or dislocation in the ankle bones during the last three months.
  • No history of tendinitis or Achilles tendon rupture during the last three months.
  • Patients are physically examined, among whom those with symptoms such as swelling and blackening of the skin, as well as the swelling, stiffness, and pain in the involved vessels were excluded from the study as a case suspected of venous thrombosis.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Unwillingness to continue the cooperation.
  • Receiving drug or physical intervention at the same time as the treatment period.
  • The patients with MPS who have neurological or atherogenic symptoms such as the symptoms of spinal canal stenosis, and rupture or chronic tendinitis of the Achilles tendon during treatment.
  • Occurring Contraindications to massage (edema, wound, active bleeding, and infection) or contraindications to the use of shock wave (hypertension, wound, new bleeding, skin problems, severe liver disease, epilepsy, renal dysfunction, or coagulopathy) during the study.
  • Any feeling of intense heat in the desired tissue, change in tissue color to dark colors along with increased pain, and any symptoms suggesting the possibility of deep vessel involvement is immediately recorded. The patient is excluded from the routine treatment process and evaluated with the necessary tests.
  • Regarding the patient feeling significant stiffness and hardness in the gastrocnemius muscles along with paresthesia, decreased pulse in the end part of the limb, and other symptoms suggesting the possibility of compartment syndrome during the treatment sessions, the routine treatment is stopped, and the patient is excluded from the study process and subjected to emergency treatment.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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