Comparative Effects of Radial and Focused Extracorporeal Shock-wave Therapies in Coccydynia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Coccyx Injury
• Interventions: Device: ESWT

• Registration Number: NCT05157022
• Lead Sponsor: Yuzuncu Yıl University

Brief Summary

Comparison of the efficacy of coccydynia treatment with two different probes of the ESWT device

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-15
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-30
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-14
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-15
• Status Verified: 2022-04
• Study Completion: 2022-04-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-04-27
• Last Update Posted: 2022-04-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 69

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of coccydynia by clinical examination and X-ray imaging.
• be aged ≥18 at the time of diagnosis
• be give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Malignancy
• Those who have received ESWT treatment before
• Pediatric patients
• Patients with infection.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy	ESWT	A total of 4 sessions of ESWT at 1-week intervals were applied to to the sacrococcygeal area
Focus extracorporeal shock wave therapy	ESWT	A total of 4 sessions of ESWT at 1-week intervals were applied to to the sacrococcygeal area
Sham extracorporeal shock wave therapy	ESWT	A total of 4 sessions of ESWT at 1-week intervals were applied to to the sacrococcygeal area

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire	5 minutes	higher scores mean better outcome.
Visual Analogue Scale	1 minute	pain evaluation, higher scores mean worse outcome.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi; 🇹🇷 Van, Turkey