Magnets may ease stroke shoulder pain
NCT ID NCT04894097
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested if magnetic therapy can help with shoulder pain and movement in people who had a stroke. Fifty participants with mild muscle tightness and shoulder pain received the treatment. Researchers used ultrasound to check shoulder changes and measured pain and function. The goal was to see if magnets could be a simple, drug-free way to improve recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- magnetic therapy device
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-drug option for easing shoulder pain and improving movement in stroke survivors.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 50 people. Results may not apply to everyone, and the benefits might be modest or not last long.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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30 to 60 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patient's age was between 40 to 50 years old with 2. mild spasticity (grade 1, +1) according to modified Ashworth scale (MAS) 3. All conducted patients experienced a single stroke more than six months with cognitive capacity that enables them to comprehend and follow the instructions (Mini-Mental Scale score \> 24). Exclusion Criteria: * history of shoulder pain, trauma, or surgery before the stroke; current treatment with warfarin and an international normalized ratio greater than 4.0; use of oral non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs within 3 days before enrolment; or intra articular injections within the previous month. Patients who were unable to report their pain intensity, those with a cardiac pacemaker, and those with clinically significant osteoporosis were also excluded
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cairo university
Cairo, Egypt
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