Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- The change of visual analogue scale (VAS)
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this research was to investigate the clinical effects on the ESWT treatment of shoulder and neck pain.
详细描述
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been used to treat various musculoskeletal disorders. The beneficial effects of the ESWT included pain alleviation and improvement in local blood circulation. However, few study exploring the effects of the ESWT for subjects with shoulder and neck pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 45 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Non-specific shoulder and neck pain
- •Ages between 20yr to 45yr
- •Shoulder and neck syndrome of upper trapezius and levator scapulae more than 3 months
- •No using medicine such as anodyne and muscle relaxants.
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
cervical flexion
Education have 8 movement home program for flexion, extension, side bending, rotation in neutral position, and rotation in a position of full cervical flexion.
干预措施: cervical flexion (Other)
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)
The Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) was applied on upper trapezius and levator scapulae following parameters 1.5 bar, per intervention 2000 impulse, once a week for three weeks for the experimental group.
干预措施: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
The change of visual analogue scale (VAS)
时间窗: Baseline, week 3
次要结局
未报告次要终点