Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Chronic Low Back Pain: a Prospective Controlled Study

Beijing Jishuitan Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Device: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 2000 impulses; Device: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 4000 impulses

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01928784

SW-LBP-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this prospective study is to explore the pain-alleviating effect of low-energy extracorporeal shock wave therapy(ESWT) in patients with chronic low back pain.

Full description

26 patients who suffered from persistent symptoms for more than 3 months are going to be treated with DOLORCLAST radial extracorporeal shock wave(EMS, Swiss). Patients are assigned to two groups according to the exist of specific pain spot. Group I(have specific pain spot) received a total of 2000 impulses of 2.5 Bar; group II(controls, no specific pain spot) 4000 impulses of 2.5 Bar. Patients is going to be treated once. The efficacy of therapy is going to be evaluated by VAS scale before and after the treatment.

Enrollment: 26 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Symptom of low back pain during last 4 weeks
• Low back pain history for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Have lower limbs radiating pain beyond knee joints
• Spinal tumorous or infectious disease, fracture, ankylosing spondylitis, cauda equina syndrome or other severe spinal diseases
• Spinal surgical history
• Severe heart, lung, liver, kidney disease or high blood pressure
• With cardiac pacemaker
• Coagulopathy or thrombosis
• Have ESW therapy or pharmaceutical treatment for low back pain during last 1 months
• Mental illnesses or none cooperation
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Specific pain spot

Experimental group

Description:

Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 2000 impulses, Patients with specific pain spot for low back pain

Treatment:

Device: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 2000 impulses

No specific pain spot

Experimental group

Description:

Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 4000 impulses, Patients without specific pain spot for low back pain

Treatment:

Device: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy 4000 impulses