Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Versus High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy in Supraspinatus Tendinitis (RESWTHPPTU)

January 1, 2022 updated by: Hayam Hamza, Cairo University

Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Versus High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound Therapy on Pain,Pressure Threshold Supraspinatus Trigger Point

Extra corporeal shock wave therapy is a treatment method in which high-amplitude sound waves are focused on the targeted body tissue Recently, Extra corporeal shock wave therapy has been proposed as an alternative treatment in patients not responding to pharmaceutical treatment.High power pain threshold ultrasound is the use of therapeutic ultrasound in a continuous mode; with the probe placed directly on affected area (supraspinatus tendon)

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Shock wave therapy is an effective method of dissolving calcification and stimulating tissue healing. Extra corporeal shock wave therapy is a treatment method in which high-amplitude sound waves are focused on the targeted body tissue Recently, Extra corporeal shock wave therapy has been proposed as an alternative treatment in patients not responding to pharmaceutical treatment.US have been widely used for more than 40 years in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders such as tendinitis, tenosynovitis, epicondylitis, bursitis and osteoarthritis. High power pain threshold ultrasound is the use of therapeutic ultrasound in a continuous mode; with the probe placed directly on affected area (supraspinatus tendon) "the intensity of ultrasound is first increased to the threshold pain level (to 1.5 W/cm) and then reduced to one half of that intensity. It was kept at that level for 4 to 5 seconds and then reduced to the half-intensity level for another 15 seconds .

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

66

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

30 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients' age ranges from 30 to 50 years old.
  • Patients are males and females.
  • BMI of all subjects were <30 Kg/m2.
  • Patients will be diagnosed as supraspinatus tendinitis.
  • All patients are medically stable.
  • All patients should be conscious and ambulant.
  • Patients don't have any nervous system problems
  • Patients don't have shoulder disorder other than tendenities
  • Patients that didn't undergo any surgery in shoulder joint

Exclusion Criteria:

  • • Patients who received intra articular injection from duration less than 3 months.

    • Patients with supraspinatus tendonitis secondary to trauma.
    • Patients with metal implants.
    • Patient who had malignancy in the affected area.
    • Patient with acute infection in the treated area.
    • Diabetic patients
    • Bone infection
    • Shoulder instability
    • Epilepsy
    • Coagulation diseases
    • Rheumatological diseases (rheumatoid arthritis and gouty arthritis)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: group A "Control group"

Twenty two patients will receive conventional treatment hot pack and exercise (control group).

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Exercise Therapy and hot pack This tendon exercise program is very effective if done consistently. There are five steps to the program: warm up, stretching exercise, strengthening exercise, stretching exercise, and heat.
Experimental: group B"Extracorporeal shock wave group":
Twenty two patients will receive Radial Extra corporeal Shock Wave Therapy plus conventional treatment hot pack and exercise.
Shock Master 500 device will be applied once a week for four weeks in total. Each treatment consists of 2000 shocks 3 bar pressure, 20 Hz. Each rESWT session will take about 10 minutes. rESWT application will be performed on the supraspinatus trigger point. In successive treatments, there will be using of an energy density equal to 0.28 mJ/mm2
Experimental: Group C"High power pain threshold ultrasound group":
Twenty two patients will receive High-Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound therapy plus conventional treatment hot pack and exercise

High-power, pain-threshold, ultrasound therapy application (in W/cm2) in continuousmodes, to elicit threshold pain, the ultrasound probe must be kept static on the tendon.

Intensity will be gradually increased to the level of maximum pain the patient could bear. It will be kept at that level for 4 to 5 seconds and then will be reduced to the half-intensitylevel for another 15 seconds. This procedure will be repeated 3 times.High-power,

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
1. pain intensity[Time Frame:]
Time Frame: up to four weeks
pain will be measured by visual analogue scale higher score mean worse outcome ten centimeter line from zero to ten, zero mean no pain and ten mean maximum pain
up to four weeks
2.range of motion
Time Frame: up to four weeks
range of motion will be measured by gravititional inclinometer
up to four weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

January 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

October 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 1, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

January 14, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 14, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 1, 2022

Last Verified

December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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