Effect of shock wave therapy on ankle plantar flexors spasticity in stroke patients

Whatever the hell shock wave therapy is?
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NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 40(1) , Pgs. 115-118.

NARIC Accession Number: J76232.  What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Sawan, Salah; Abd-Allan, Foad; Hegazy, Montasser M.; Farraq, Mohammad A.; Sharf El-Den, Nancy H..
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 4.
Abstract: Study examined the effect of shock wave therapy on ankle plantar flexors spasticity in stroke patients. Forty ischemic stroke patients were divided into 2 groups; group I received the selected physical therapy program and shock wave therapy, while group II received the selected physical therapy program as well as placebo shock wave for six weeks. Both groups were subjected to pre- and post-treatment assessment by H/M ratio (ratio of maximum H reflex to maximum M response), dorsiflexion active range of motion (ROM), and the 10-Meter Walking Test (10MWT). Baseline characteristics showed no significant difference between the two groups regarding the grades of spasticity. After treatment, there was a highly significant difference between the groups regarding the grades of spasticity according to the 3 parameters: H/M ratio, dorsiflexion active ROM, and time of the 10MWT. Shock wave therapy is effective in controlling spasticity, increasing dorsiflexion active ROM of the ankle, and improving walking speed in stroke patients.
Descriptor Terms: ELECTRICAL STIMULATION, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, EXERCISE, JOINTS, LIMBS, MUSCULAR IMPAIRMENTS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, SPASTICITY, STROKE.


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Citation: Sawan, Salah, Abd-Allan, Foad, Hegazy, Montasser M., Farraq, Mohammad A., Sharf El-Den, Nancy H.. (2017). Effect of shock wave therapy on ankle plantar flexors spasticity in stroke patients.  NeuroRehabilitation , 40(1), Pgs. 115-118. Retrieved 7/14/2017, from REHABDATA database.