Comparative Effects of Paraffin Bath Therapy and ESWT in Patients With De Quervain Tenosynovitis

Yuzuncu Yıl University

Status: Completed

Conditions: De Quervain Disease

Treatments: Device: Paraffin Bath Therapy; Device: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05423353

Van YYÜ School of Medicine

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is no study in the literature comparing both paraffin bath therapy and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) in the treatment of patients with De Quervain Tenosynovitis. The aim of this study is performing this comparison.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 18 years or older
• Meeting De Quervain diagnostic criteria
• Not having applied any physical therapy modality to the hand-wrist in the last 1 month
• Not using pain medication in the last 1 month,
• Not using local anesthetics or steroid injections on the hand-wrist in the last 3 months
• Have received written consent to participate in the study, and have come to the last control at the 6th week.

Exclusion criteria

• Neurological diseases (especially neuropathies),
• Malignancy,
• Rheumatological diseases
• Pregnancy
• History of hand/wrist fracture or surgery
• Hand/wrist trauma in the last 1 month
• Coagulation disorder diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Paraffin Bath Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Paraffin bath therapy is a physical therapy method that can create a temperature increase of 7.5 °C in the joint capsule and 4.5 °C in the muscle.

Treatment:

Device: Paraffin Bath Therapy

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a noninvasive treatment that involves delivery of shock waves to injured soft tissue to reduce pain and promote healing.

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy