Effect of Magnetic Therapy on Pain and Function

Delta University for Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegia

Treatments: Device: magnetic therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04894097

Cairo University

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the current study will be focused on the following issues. Evaluation of the effect of magnetic therapy on the pressure pain threshold and disability in stroke hemiplegic shoulder.

Full description

Further understanding of rotator cuff tendon impairment and other shoulder soft tissue structural abnormalities in stroke patients may help clinicians in assigning more complete therapeutic plans to hemiplegic patients. The radial extra-corporeal shock-wave therapy has promising results in patients with musculoskeletal problems and in those with various causes of HSP, including spasticity, rotator cuff problems, adhesive capsulitis, and complex regional pain syndrome.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient's age ranges from 40 to 60 years.
2. Spasticity of upper limb ranges from mild to moderate (grade 1+: 2) according to modified aschworth scale (MAS).
3. Patients with sufficient cognitive abilities that enables them to understand and follow instructions (Mini-Mental Scale >24).
4. Patient who understand the study process and signed the informed consent form.
5. Patient with stroke more than 3 months ago.

8. Patient with shoulder pain and limited range of motion (ROM) or loss of motion in the proximal arm on the hemiplegic side.

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Patients who cannot express their own pain intensity. 2. Patients with a history of trauma or surgery to the shoulder on the affected side.

  3. Patients with history of oral NSAIDs 3 days before this study or take warfarin medication with an international normalized ratio above 4.0.

  4. Patients with a history of shoulder pain before the stroke. 6. Patients who have received a previous shoulder intra-articular injection or other interventions on the affected shoulder within one month before rESWT.

  7. Patients with cardiac pacemaker. 8. Patients who have osteoporosis. 9. Patients with psychological problems.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients will received low frequency high intensity magnetic therapy

Treatment:

Device: magnetic therapy

control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

The patients in this group will be treated by sham magnetic therapy

Treatment:

Device: magnetic therapy