Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity
Status:
COMPLETED
Trial end date:
2023-06-15
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Introduction: We aimed to compare the efficacy of Botulinum Toxin Type A(BoNT-A) injection and BoNT-A injection in combination with ESWT for post-stroke lower extremity ankle plantar flexor spasticity.
Materials and Method: Patients with post-stroke ankle plantar flexor spasticity of 1 or more on the modified Ashworth Scale(MAS) were randomized into two groups.
Group 1(n:20): BoNT-A was injected into the gastrocnemius muscle and conventional physical therapy exercises were performed.
Group 2(n:20): ESWT was applied to the gastrocnemius muscle in addition to the treatments in group 1.
Phase:
NA
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Kayseri City Hospital
Collaborator:
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Treatments:
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices Drug Therapy incobotulinumtoxinA