Observational studyMusculoskeletal surgery2016
Prognostic factors of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for tendinopathies.
Observational study in Musculoskeletal surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03918434 (Efficacy of a Locoregional Anesthesia Technique During High Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Painful Foot Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy of a Locoregional Anesthesia Technique During High Energy Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Painful Foot Disease: a Pilot Study
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for knee tendinopathies and other soft tissue disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Pooled it
- Use of artificial neural networks to identify the predictive factors of extracorporeal shock wave therapy treating patients with chronic plantar fasciitis.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Contribution of Shockwave Therapy in the Functional Rehabilitation Program of Patients with Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictive Prognostic Factors in Non-Calcific Supraspinatus Tendinopathy Treated with Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy: An Artificial Neural Network Approach.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Therapeutic effects following extracorporeal shock wave therapy for insertional and non-insertional Achilles tendinopathy.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of combined extracorporeal shock-wave therapy and hyaluronic acid injections for patients with shoulder pain due to rotator cuff tendinopathy: a person-centered approach with a focus on gender differences to treatment response.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Fast Functional Rehabilitation Protocol versus Plaster Cast Immobilization Protocol after Achilles Tendon Tenorrhaphy: Is It Different? Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Elastographic Comparison.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Combined extracorporeal shockwave therapy and exercise for the treatment of tendinopathy: A narrative review.Sports medicine and health science · 2022Review
- Review
- Conservative Rehabilitation Provides Superior Clinical Results Compared to Early Aggressive Rehabilitation for Rotator Cuff Repair: A Retrospective Comparative Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Comparison Between Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections in the Treatment of First Carpometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2018Article
- Deltoid muscle tropism does not influence the outcome of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2016Article
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionExtracorporeal shock wave therapy is very widely used for the management of tendinopathies and plantar fasciitis.
aimThe aim of the study is to determine whether there are prognostic factors that may influence the outcome of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for these diseases.
methodsThree hundred fifty-five patients were analyzed 2 months after shock wave treatment for rotator cuff tendinitis, epicondylitis, Achilles tendinopathy, trocanteritis, jumper's knee or plantar fasciitis. We recorded the epidemiological, clinical and treatment protocol, and these data were correlated with treatment outcome.
resultsClinical improvement was achieved in 45.9 % of these patients. We discovered that laterality different to the dominant limb (p < 0.0001) and repeated shock wave treatments (p = 0.004) are prognostic factors in an unsuccessful therapy, while being male (p = 0.015) and a high body mass index (p = 0.004) are factors for success. We found no differences in relation to age, diet, blood type, work or sport activity, presence of co-morbidities, drugs, type of tendinopathy, density of energy delivered and other physiotherapy treatment. Knowledge of these prognostic factors may lead to improved insight for physicians and physiotherapists to predict the extent of the recovery and adjust rehabilitation and patient expectations accordingly.
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