Efficacy of radial shock wave therapy for ankle spasticity in patients with stroke within 3 months of onset: a prospective quasi-experimental study
Yuichi Hiramatsu, Hajime Yagura, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Megumi Hatakenaka, Teiji Kawano, Shota Segawa, Makiko Rai, Ryutaro Hayashi, Akihiko Nakae, Haruka Asano, Takuya Ogawa, Ichiro Miyai · 2026
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Yuichi Hiramatsu and co-authors test shock wave therapy for stiff ankles soon after stroke. Spasticity locks the calf muscles and blocks walking practice. The team treated 52 patients whose strokes were one to three months old. Each got radial shock waves to two calf muscles, once a week for three weeks.
Stiffness scores fell right after nearly every session. By the third session the average score had dropped 0.6 points. Ankle movement gained about 6.4 degrees. The gains held for five weeks. No serious side effects appeared. Starting month made little difference in this sample. The authors back repeated early sessions over a single one, pending stronger trials.
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| CREATOR | Yuichi Hiramatsu, Hajime Yagura, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Megumi Hatakenaka, Teiji Kawano, Shota Segawa, Makiko Rai, Ryutaro Hayashi, Akihiko Nakae, Haruka Asano, Takuya Ogawa, Ichiro Miyai |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |