ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2015
Therapeutic Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy According to Treatment Session on Gastrocnemius Muscle Spasticity in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study.
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- Intrathecal baclofen, selective dorsal rhizotomy, and extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of spasticity in cerebral palsy: a systematic review.Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
- Shock Waves as a Treatment Modality for Spasticity Reduction and Recovery Improvement in Post-Stroke Adults - Current Evidence and Qualitative Systematic Review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Pooled it
- Using Radial Shock Wave Therapy to Control Cerebral Palsy-Related Dysfunctions: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of general medicine · 2025Trial
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- Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders by Ultrashort Wave and Extracorporeal Shock Wave: A Comparative Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Trial
- The effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the treatment of moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis and cartilage lesion.Medicine · 2019Trial
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- Electrotherapy in Pediatric Rehabilitation: A Structured Narrative Review of Clinical Applications, Treatment Parameters, Safety, and Evidence Gaps.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Polydeoxyribonucleotide and Shock Wave Therapy Sequence Efficacy in Regenerating Immobilized Rabbit Calf Muscles.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Global trends in research on extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) from 2000 to 2021.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on spastic equinus foot in children with unilateral cerebral palsy.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2022Article
- The effects of treatment using polydeoxyribonucleotide through extracorporeal shock wave therapy: synergic regeneration effects on atrophied calf muscles in immobilized rabbits.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Botulinum Toxin a Injection Combined with Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Shear Wave Sonoelastographic Findings in the Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle, Preliminary Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Recent Advances in the Treatment of Spasticity: Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Ultrasound is Effective to Treat Temporomandibular Joint Disorder.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of Shock Wave Therapy as a Treatment for Spasticity: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2020Review
- CORR Insights®: Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment Promotes Bone Growth and Chondrogenesis in Cultured Fetal Rat Metatarsal Bones.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2020Article
- Regional Elastic Properties of the Achilles Tendon Is Heterogeneously Influenced by Individual Muscle of the Gastrocnemius.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2019Article
- Use of ultrasound shear wave to measure muscle stiffness in children with cerebral palsy.Journal of ultrasound · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) according to treatment session on gastrocnemius muscle spasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).
methodsTwelve children with spastic CP underwent 1 ESWT and 2 sham ESWT sessions for gastrocnemius (group 1) or 3 ESWT sessions (group 2) once per week for 3 weeks. Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) score, passive range of motion (PROM) of the ankle plantar-flexor muscles with knee extension, and median red pixel intensity (RPI) of color histogram of medial gastrocnemius on real-time sonoelastography (RTS) were measured before ESWT, immediately after the first and third ESWT, and at 4 weeks after the third ESWT.
resultsMean ankle PROM was significantly increased whereas as mean ankle MAS and median gastrocnemius RPI were significantly decreased in both groups after the first ESWT. Clinical and RTS parameters before ESWT were not significantly different from those immediately after the third ESWT or at 4 weeks after the third ESWT in group 1. However, they were significantly different from those immediately after the third ESWT or at 4 weeks after the third ESWT in group 2. Mean ankle PROM, mean ankle MAS, and median gastrocnemius RPI in group 2 were significantly different from that in group 1 at 4 weeks or immediately after the third ESWT.
conclusionThe therapeutic effect of ESWT on spastic medial gastrocnemius in children with spastic CP is dependent on the number of ESWT sessions.
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