Does the appearance of a shock wave device influence outcomes?

NewsBot · Nov 21, 2015

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This study was just registered, but has been completed; no results yet:
Shock Wave Therapy: Do the External Appearance of the Device Influence Clinical Outcomes?

To check in patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis treated with shock wave therapy, if the outward appearance of the device affects clinical outcomes
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Detailed Description:
Study Design: a controlled, randomized, parallel assessor-blinded clinical trial.

Patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis (duration more than 6 months) will be assigned to three different groups:

Group I: Treatment applied by standard shock waves device.
Group II: Shock wave therapy applied by a modified standard device to offer more attractive, more technical, smarter, better appearance, larger and with an expansion of external information devices more sophisticated.
Group III: Shock wave therapy applied by a modified standard device to offer a more austere, disfigured, unattractive, modest and smaller external appearance.
The shock waves emitted to the 3 devices will be identical; the only difference will be the external image of the device.

The main outcome will be the function of the foot by the FFI (Foot Function Index) questionnaire.

As secondary variables: pain by VAS (Visual Analogical Scale) in different situations, the plantar fascia thickness measured by ultrasound, and the perception of patient recovery measured with the Likert scale. Adverse effects, painkillers consumption and pain experienced during the treatment of shock waves were also assessed.

The patients will be followed and monitored for a month, two months and four months after treatment finished.

For the statistical analysis of clinical variables, ANOVA (analysis of variance) will be performed to check whether the evolution of patients over time was different depending on the device applied.
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mike weber · Nov 23, 2015

So a sort of placebo type of study

do all the machines that go bing influence the patient outcome - sure they do

Does a patient finding a running shoe " cool " looking likely to make the shoes more comfortable _ sure it does

NewsBot · Jan 25, 2019

Radial extracorporeal shock wave device appearance does not influence clinical outcomes: A randomized controlled trial.
Morral A, Urrútia G, Gich I, Ruiz R, Bonfill X.
J Rehabil Med. 2019 Jan 22

OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether the appearance of a radial extracorporeal shock wave device affects clinical outcomes in chronic plantar fasciitis.

STUDY DESIGN:
Randomized controlled parallel assessor-blinded clinical trial.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:
A total of 135 patients were assigned to 3 groups: group I, standard radial extracorporeal shock wave device; group II, standard radial extracorporeal shock wave device modified to give a more sophisticated appearance; group III, standard radial extracorporeal shock wave device modified to give a more austere appearance. The radial extracorporeal shock waves emitted by the 3 devices were identical. Primary outcome was foot function, measured with the Foot Function Index. Secondary outcomes were pain at different times, measured with a visual analogue scale, and plantar fascia thickness, measured with ultrasound.

RESULTS:
All variables decreased significantly from baseline assessment, in all 3 groups and at all time-points: 1, 2, 4 and 14 months after the last session (p < 0.001). There were no significant differences between groups for any of the variables assessed.

CONCLUSION:
Device appearance had no statistically significant influence on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis treated with radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy
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