Extracorporeal Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain

Kaohsiung Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Treatments: Other: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT); Other: cervical flexion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02617329

KMUH-IRB-20140137

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research was to investigate the clinical effects on the ESWT treatment of shoulder and neck pain.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 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.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

cervical flexion

Other group

Description:

Education have 8 movement home program for flexion, extension, side bending, rotation in neutral position, and rotation in a position of full cervical flexion.

Treatment:

Other: cervical flexion

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)

Other group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)