The Role of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Trapezial-Metacarpal Osteoarthritis. A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Study.

The Role of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Trapezial-Metacarpal Osteoarthritis.

Evaluate if extracorporeal shock wave therapy is more effective than sham treatment in patients with trapezial-metacarpal osteoarthritis in pain relief and functional improvement.

Inclusion Criteria:

• according to the Eaton et al. classification the inclusion criteria involved those patients with stage III, participants had to have a history 6 months of pain and they were 18 years of age or older. Exclusion criteria were also the presence of degenerative or non-degenerative neurologic conditions, in which pain perception is altered, a history of coagulopathy, cancer, cardiac pacemaker, calcaneal fracture, and pregnancy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Exclusion criteria were also the presence of degenerative or non-degenerative neurologic conditions, in which pain perception is altered, a history of coagulopathy, cancer, cardiac pacemaker, calcaneal fracture, and pregnancy.