Extracorporeal Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain

Musculoskeletal Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Shoulder and Neck Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02617329
• Other study ID #: KMUH-IRB-20140137
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 17, 2015
• Last updated: November 25, 2015
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: August 2015
• Source: Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 20 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

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:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT)
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
• cervical flexion
Education have 8 movement home program for flexion, extension, side bending, rotation in neutral position, and rotation in a position of full cervical flexion.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Kaohsiung Medical University	Kaohsiung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (1)

Cote P, Cassidy JD, Carroll L. The Saskatchewan Health and Back Pain Survey. The prevalence of neck pain and related disability in Saskatchewan adults. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 23 (15): 1689-1698, 1998 Cagnie B, Danneels L, Van Tiggelen D, De Loose V, Cambier D Individual and work related risk factors for neck pain among office workers: a cross sectional study. Eur Spine J 16(5): 679-686, 2007 Lee HY, Yeh WY, Chen CW, Wang JD. psychosocial risk factors of upper extremity musculoskeletal pain in industries of Taiwan: a nationwide study. J Occup Health, 47(4): 311-318, 2005. Sjölander P, Michaelson P, Jaric S Djupsjöbacka M. Sensorimotor disturbances in chronic neck pain--range of motion, peak velocity, smoothness of movement, and repositioning acuity. Man Ther 13(2): 122-131, 2008.

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The change of visual analogue scale (VAS)		Baseline, week 3	Yes