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Focused Shockwave Therapy Reduces Pain and Muscle Stiffness in Office Workers with Myofascial Pain

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October 2025

Focused Shockwave Therapy Reduces Pain and Muscle Stiffness in Office Workers with Myofascial Pain

Vol: 307| Issue: 10| Number:34| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Therapeutic effect of focused-extracorporeal shockwave therapy on muscular and adjacent tissue stiffness and pain changes in myofascial pain syndrome: A randomized controlled trial study.

Complement Ther Med . 2025 Sep:92:103203.

Contributing Authors:
P Vasvit K Klarod O Sukkho S Kiatkulanusorn P Werasirirat XQ Wang YH Zhang J Namsawang P Muanjai N Luangpon

Synopsis

Sixty-four adults with upper-trapezius myofascial pain syndrome were randomized to Focused-extracorporeal shockwave therapy (fESWT) (n=32) or sham-fESWT (n=32). The intervention was delivered once weekly for four weeks (fESWT: 1,200 shocks at 4 Hz, 0.10–0.232 mJ/mm²; sham: probe near the trigger point, 300 shocks at 4 Hz, 0.03 mJ/mm²). The primary outcome was resting pain (VAS). Secondary outcomes...

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