Effects of Additional Radial Shock Wave Therapy on Spasticity of Upper Extremity Muscle

Background: Spasticity is one of the most common problems and greatly interferes with functional capacity chronic stroke patients. The commonly used treatments are infrared therapy stretching exercises, but they have not reduced spasticity effectively. addition Radial Shock Wave Therapy (RSWT) was expected to be more effective in reducing Aim: purpose this study prove that RSWT Material methods: This a simple randomized controlled pre- post-experimental design. total sample 30 spastic patients Modified Asworth Scale 2-3 divided into 2 groups: group control group. provided once week muscle belly flexor wist on ventral aspect forearm, intrinsic hand, digitorum tendon. They were added exercises upper extremities which three times for six weeks consecutively. level measured by Tardieu Scale, measures quality angle resistance at beginning end study. Results: A significantly greater reduction obtained (p<0.05) from both resistance, Conclusion: has been shown extremity