The Role of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Trapezial-Metacarpal Osteoarthritis. A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Study.

University of Roma La Sapienza

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis Trapezial-metacarpal Joint

Treatments: Device: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy STORZ MEDICAL Modulith SLK; Device: Device: Sham extracorporeal shock wave therapy STORZ MEDICAL Modulith SLK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01783262

Interventional Study Design

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate if extracorporeal shock wave therapy is more effective than sham treatment in patients with trapezial-metacarpal osteoarthritis in pain relief and functional improvement.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• according to the Eaton et al. classification the inclusion criteria involved those patients with stage III, participants had to have a history 6 months of pain and they were 18 years of age or older. Exclusion criteria were also the presence of degenerative or non-degenerative neurologic conditions, in which pain perception is altered, a history of coagulopathy, cancer, cardiac pacemaker, calcaneal fracture, and pregnancy.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria were also the presence of degenerative or non-degenerative neurologic conditions, in which pain perception is altered, a history of coagulopathy, cancer, cardiac pacemaker, calcaneal fracture, and pregnancy.

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

an energy level of 0.09 mJ/mm2, 2400 pulses once a week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy STORZ MEDICAL Modulith SLK

sham extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The second grouop of patients received 0.04 mJ/mm2, 2400 pulses once a week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Device: Sham extracorporeal shock wave therapy STORZ MEDICAL Modulith SLK