Bone Microcirculation After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy

Fractured Metacarpal Bone Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Bone Microcirculation

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

In trauma surgery and hand surgery treatment strategies of none healing bone fractures aim at replacing pseudarthrosis by well vascularized bone and improving microcirculation. Although previous studies indicate that extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) can accelerate bone healing in case of non-union, only a few studies focused on the elucidation of its mechanisms of action. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the microcirculatory effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on scaphoid bones and metacarpal and metatarsal in a human in-vivo setting for the first time.

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fractured Metacarpal Bone
• Fractured Scaphoid Bone
• Fractures, Bone
• Intact Metacarpal Bone
• Intact Scaphoid Bone

• NCT number: NCT02424084
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2015
• Completion date: February 2023