Research on the improvement effect of spasticity by extracorporeal shock wave

JRCT ID: jRCTs052190050

Registered date:11/09/2019

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Complete
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Central neuropathy (cerebral palsy, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, acute encephalopathy s
• Date of first enrollment: 11/09/2019
• Target sample size: 100
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): Irradiate upper and lower leg spastic muscles three times with extracorporeal shock wave

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

1. Measurement of adjacent joint range of motion of irradiated muscle
2. Spasticity assessment with Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS)

• Secondary Outcome: Spasticity assessment with Modified Tardieu Scale(MTS)

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 2age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

1. Central nervous disorder with spasticity in upper and lower extremity muscles
2. Orthopedic surgery, botulinum therapy, baclofen intrathecal treatment not received within the past 6 months
3. Written informed consent has been obtained from the person or the principal regarding participation in this examination

Exclude criteria

1. Oral administration of anticoagulant
2. Patients with thrombosis, patients with malignancy
Patients who have been receiving cortisone treatment for 3.6 months or more or who have not been 6 weeks since the last cortisone injection
4. May be pregnant or pregnant

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Kawabata Hidehiko
• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Karl Storz Endoskope Japan