A comparative study of shock wave therapy for soft tissue damage following hip fracture surgery

The prevalence of abductor injury after insertion of intramedullary nail for the hip fracture patients and the effectiveness of ESWT on abductor injury -Comparison study between ESWT group and non-ESWT group

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0011348

Enrollment

Registered

2025-12-18

Start date

2023-05-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-01-05

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : ESWT was administered using the PiezoWave2 MULTIUSE60 device (WOLF, Germany), with the following settings: frequency : 6 Hz EFD(energy flux density) : 0.16 mJ/mm² penetration depth :

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who sustained a unilateral proximal femoral or hip fracture and were treated with intramedullary nailing

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients who were bedridden preoperatively and remained non-ambulatory postoperatively, rendering outcome scoring infeasible; (2) Patients who failed to complete all three sessions of ESWT; (3) Patients who missed postoperative outpatient follow-up visits; (4) Any other patients deemed unsuitable for the study by the principal investigator (JHH) based on clinical judgment

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain intensity measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
modified Harris Hip Score (mHHS)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactWonseon Jeong

Hallym University Medical Center-Kangnam

2wo02wo0@naver.com+82-2-829-5165

Outcome results