Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
spastic muscle, spastic, shock, spasm, skin depression
SHOCK
Firstly, an ESWT device (Suzhou Haobro Medical Device Co., Ltd.: HB101) was selected. Next, the patient was asked to exposure his spastic muscles and fix his body position. Then, a coupling agent was applied to the skin surface of the spastic muscle on the affected side. Subsequently, the spastic muscle groups of patients were positioned, the pressure intensity parameters were set as 1.1–1.3 Bar, the frequency was set as 8–14 Hz, the shock wave probe was moved in the spasm muscle, and the pressure of the handle was about 1-cm skin depression. The shock was performed 3000 times per treatment, and the interval of each treatment was 1 day. Additionally, patients were observed for discomfort before and after treatment, and the treatment duration was 1 month.