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The effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for medial tibial stress syndrome

Basic Information

Recruitment status	Recruiting
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied	medial tibial stress syndrome
Date of first enrollment	26/02/2025
Target sample size	80
Countries of recruitment
Study type	Interventional
Intervention(s)	Treatment times: no less than three (one every 1 to 2 weeks) Time of pulses per a treatment: about 1000 to 3000 pulses Intensity: The maximum intensity that the patient can tolerate Radial pressure wave, pressure 0.5 to 3.5 bar Focus shockwave 0.01 to 0.25 mJ per mm2

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome	The sites of pain (relateve to lower leg length) Pain severity Tenderness (manual pressure measurment and pressure algometer) Subject evaluation (visual analog scale, global rating scale, likert scale, pain during movement)
Secondary Outcome	Ultrasound image (the change of shear wave elastography; the adipose tissue, crural fascia, periosteum, flexor digit longus, tibial posterior, soleus) Participantion in practice and its duration

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum	>= 15age old
Age maximum	<= 40age old
Gender	Both
Include criteria	The patients who was diagnosed with medial tibial stress syndrome by a physician or medical institution. They need to undergo extracorporeal shock wave therapy (focused shock waves or radial pressure waves). The dianosis criteria: 1) exercise-induced pain along the posteromedial tibial border 2) tenderness along a length of at least 5 cm over the posteromedial tibial border 3) without neurological symptoms 4) without stress fracture and chronic exertional compartment syndrome
Exclude criteria	Individuals will be excluded if their physician's diagnosis differs or if it is determined that extracorporeal shock wave therapy is not applicable.