Comparative effects of radial and focused extracorporeal shock wave therapies in coccydynia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was conducted to compare the effects of radial and focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in patients with coccydynia.

Patients and methods

In this prospective randomized double-blind study conducted between March 2021 and October 2021, 60 patients with coccydynia (50 males, 10 females; mean age: 35.9±12.0 years, range 18 to 65 years) were randomized into three groups (n=20) according to different wave types of ESWT: focused, radial, and sham. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used for pain assessment, and the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used for functional assessment in all patients before the treatment (baseline), after the completion of four sessions of treatment (fourth week), one month after the end of the treatment (eighth week),

SUBMITTER: Sah V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186009 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature