ArticleAnesthesiology and pain medicine2016
Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Pain in Patients With Chronic Refractory Coccydynia: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
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The Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound on Pain in Coccydynia
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physiotherapy approaches for coccydynia: evaluating effectiveness and clinical outcomes.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (rESWT) for coccydynia: a prospective study of 14 patients.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Comparative effects of radial and focused extracorporeal shock wave therapies in coccydynia.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain Management of Patients with Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Advanced biomedical research · 2023Article
- Coccydynia-The Efficacy of Available Treatment Options: A Systematic Review.Global spine journal · 2022Article
- A novel radiological classification for displaced os coccyx: the Benditz-König classification.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2022Article
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Versus Phonophoresis Therapy for Neck Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Article
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- The Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Chronic Coccydynia.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of physical therapy interventions for coccydynia: a systematic review with a narrative synthesis.Archives of physiotherapyReview
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral nonsurgical and surgical treatment modalities are available for patients with chronic coccydynia, with controversial results. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ECSWT) is effective in the treatment of many musculoskeletal disorders; however, it has not been tested for chronic coccydynia.
objectivesWe performed the current study to determine the effects of ECSWT on pain in patients with chronic coccydynia. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis quasi-interventional clinical study included 10 patients with chronic coccydynia without acute fracture. All the patients received ECSWT with a radial probe delivering 3,000 shock waves of 2 bar per session at 21 Hz frequency directed to the coccyx. Each patient received four sessions of ECSWT at one-week intervals. The pain severity was recorded according to the visual analog scale (VAS) at one, two, three, and four weeks after initiation of therapy. The VAS score was also evaluated at one and six months after ending the therapy.
resultsMost of the participants were women (90.0%), and the participants' mean age was 39.1 ± 9.1 (ranging from 28 to 52) years. The VAS score did not decrease significantly seven months after therapy when compared to baseline (3.3 ± 3.6 vs. 7.3 ± 2.1; P = 0.011). However, the VAS score at two months (2.6 ± 2.9 vs. 7.3 ± 2.1; P = 0.007) and at four weeks (3.2 ± 2.8 vs. 7.3 ± 2.1; P = 0.007) significantly decreased when compared to baseline. The decrease in VAS scores was not persistent after cessation of the therapy.
conclusionsECSWT is an effective modality in relieving the pain intensity in patients with refractory chronic coccydynia for the early period after intervention.
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