Effectiveness of Shock-wave Therapy in Patients With Myofascial Pain Syndrome
CompletedNot applicableNCT04814017
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
30 patients with chronic cervical myofascial pain (4 males, 26 females) aged between 25 to 57 years (with average age 41,20±10,23 years) were included the study. Participants were divided into two groups as intervention group (n=15) and control group (n=15). Patients in intervention group received radial shock-wave application one times a week for six weeks and home based stretching exercises. Patients in control group (CG) received home based stretching exercises. Rest and activity pain (Visual Analog Scale), pressure pain threshold (PPT), cervical range of motion (CROM) and disability (Neck Disability Index) were assessed at baseline and after the treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Radial Shock-wave Therapy Combined With Self-stretching Exercises in Patients With Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Radial Shock-Wave Therapy
- Procedure: Control
- Sponsor
- Pamukkale University
- Start date
- 2013-01-28
- Primary completion
- 2013-04-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed cervical MPS * Have cervical MPS for at least 6 months. * Patients who has at least one trigger points on their cervical, back and shoulder muscles. Exclusion Criteria: * Fibromyalgia diagnosed patients in reference to 1990 ACR criteria. * Patients who has characteristic cervical disc degeneration, radiculopathy, myelopathy. * Patients who has cervical fracture, tumor, infection, malign, psychiatric and systemic illness. * Patients who had an operation because of cervical problem. * Patients who is treated with another treatment technique at the same time. * Being pregnant
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04814017