Effect of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Ultrasonography Changes in Patients With Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB)

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Iliotibial Band Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave; Other: traditional therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06410781

P.T.REC/012/004959

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study will be conducted to investigate the effects of radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy on ultrasonography changes, pain intensity, pain pressure threshold and lower limb function in patient with iliotibial band syndrome

Full description

Iliotibial Band Syndrome is an overuse injury that affect the lateral aspect of the knee. It is common in endurance sport activities such as running and cycling. It is the most common running injury of the lateral knee. ITBS is a non-traumatic overuse injury caused by friction/rubbing of the distal portion of the iliotibial band (ITB) over the lateral femoral epicondyle with repeated flexion and extension of the knee. Females are twice as likely to sustain ITBS compared to male due to sex differences in frontal and transverse plane hip and knee joint angles.An alternative treatment strategy of ITBS is radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (RESWT). It is considered safe as it results in minor adverse effects including worsening of symptoms over a short period, reversible local swelling, redness and hematoma. RESWT has also shown to be effective in the treatment of several chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions such as lateral epicondylitis, Achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, patellar tendinopathy, calcific tendinitis of the shoulder and chronic proximal hamstring tendinopathy. sixty patients with iliotibial band syndrome will be assigned randomly to two groups; the first one will receive radial extracorporeal shockwave and traditional therapy, the second one will receive traditional therapy alone.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Sixty patients suffer from ITBS.
• The age of patients ranges from (18-55) years.

Exclusion criteria

• Signs or symptoms of other pathologies of the knee.
• Previous treatment for ITBS in the last 6 months.
• Use of NSAID's or analgesics later than two weeks before baseline.
• Previous surgery on the affected knee.
• Pregnancy.
• Rheumatic disease.
• Previous shockwave treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave

Experimental group

Description:

thirty patients with iliotibial band syndrome will receive Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave and traditional therapy three times a week for six weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave

Other: traditional therapy

traditional therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Thirty patients with iliotibial band syndrome will receive traditional therapy three times a week for six weeks.

Treatment:

Other: traditional therapy