Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 10:38 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 10:38 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04243135
Brief Summary:
This study aims to compare the efficacy of r-ESWT treatment with sham-ESWT on pain, walking speed, physical function, and isokinetic muscle strength in knee osteoarthritis.
Detailed Description:
Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has been increasingly used to help relieve pain and to remedy musculoskeletal disorders in recent years. ESWT seems to be an effective treatment modality many different musculoskeletal conditions, including rotator cuff tendinopathies, calcifying tendinopathy of the shoulder, lateral epicondylitis, greater trochanteric pain syndrome, patellar tendinopathy, achilles tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, and bone disorders. ESWT seems to have chondroprotective, anti-inflammatory, neovascularization, anti-apoptotic, and tissue regeneration effect on tissues which could be relevant in the treatment of OA.
Study:
NCT04243135
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04243135