23
Participants
Start Date
January 1, 2021
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2021
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2021
radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy
rESWT (Endopuls 811; Enraf Nonius B.V. Va-reseweg 127, 3047 AT Rotterdam MedTech, Wessling, Germany) will be applied on the myotendinous junction of both the gastrocnemius and the soleus muscles in post-stroke spasticity patients. 2000 shots will be applied on the gastrocnemius and soleus myotendinous junction with a frequency of 10 Hz and energy density of 60 mJ (1 bar) within tolerable pain limits.
sham radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy
The control group will receive sound over the myotendinous junction of gastrocnemius and soleus with transducer-like contact.
Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
OTHER