Trial reportMedicine2016
Effect of Radial Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity of the Upper Limb in Patients With Chronic Stroke: A Prospective, Randomized, Single Blind, Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Wrist and Hand Functions in Spastic Chronic Stroke Patients :Randomized Controlled Study
The Dose Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shockwave on Plantar Flexor Spasticity of Ankle in Stroke Patients: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Comparison of High Intensity Laser Therapy (HILT) and Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) for the Treatment of Plantar Flexor Spasticity in Post-Stroke Patients
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for post-stroke spasticity and dose-response analysis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Pooled 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
- Pragmatic single center longitudinal study assessing radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy for patients with severe mental and physical disabilities.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Shockwave therapy in persons with a spinal cord injury and spasticity: A multiple single-case experimental design study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Trial
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- Effect of Early Radial Shock Wave Treatment on Spasticity in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study.BioMed research international · 2022Trial
- Clinical study of combined mirror and extracorporeal shock wave therapy on upper limb spasticity in poststroke patients.International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation · 2019Trial
- The dose-dependent efficiency of radial shock wave therapy for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a prospective, randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
- Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves upper limb function in chronic stroke patients: a randomized sham-controlled trial.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Efficacy of radial shock wave therapy for ankle spasticity in patients with stroke within 3 months of onset: a prospective quasi-experimental study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Modern Upper-Limb Rehabilitation Interventions in Stroke Patients with Spasticity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Lower-Limb Spasticity in an Individual With Subacute Stroke: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Modified Constraint-induced Movement Therapy with Stepwise Spasticity Management Using RESWT and Kinesthetic Illusion: A Case Report.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Multimodal assessment of the effects of radial pressure wave therapy on spastic muscles in patients with traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy in post-stroke spasticity patients: Evaluation with shear wave elastography.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Current techniques for the treatment of spasticity and their effectiveness.EFORT open reviews · 2025Article
- Combined Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Botulinum Toxin Injection for Spasticity in the Acute Phase of Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Treatment as Additional Therapy in Patients with Post-Stroke Spasticity of Upper Limb-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Treatment of Spasticity of Different Aetiologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Recently, studies have reported that extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a safe, noninvasive, alternative treatment for spasticity. However, the effect of ESWT on spasticity cannot be determined, because most studies to date have enrolled small patient numbers and have lacked placebo-controlled groups and/or long-term follow-up. In addition, whether varying the number of ESWT sessions would affect the duration of the therapeutic effect has not been investigated in a single study. Hence, we performed a prospective, randomized, single blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the long-term effect of radial ESWT (rESWT) in patients with poststroke spasticity and surveyed the outcome of functional activity.Sixty patients were randomized into 3 groups. Group A patients received 1 session of rESWT per week for 3 consecutive weeks; group B patients received a single session of rESWT; group C patients received one session of sham rESWT per week for 3 consecutive weeks. The primary outcome was Modified Ashworth Scale of hand and wrist, whereas the secondary outcomes were Fugl-Meyer Assessment of hand function and wrist control. Evaluations were performed before the first rESWT treatment and immediately 1, 4, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the last session of rESWT.Compared to the control group, the significant reduction in spasticity of hand and wrist lasted at least 16 and 8 weeks in group A and B, respectively. Three sessions of rESWT had a longer-lasting effect than one session. Furthermore, the reduction in spasticity after 3 sessions of rESWT may be beneficial for hand function and wrist control and the effect was maintained for 16 and 12 weeks, respectively.rESWT may be valuable in decreasing spasticity of the hand and wrist with accompanying enhancement of wrist control and hand function in chronic stroke patients.
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