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ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2015

The Dose-Related Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis.

Jin-Hong Kim, Ja-Young Kim, Cheol-Min Choi, June-Kyung Lee, Hoi-Sung Kee, Kwang-Ik Jung, Seo-Ra Yoon

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Article in Annals of rehabilitation medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jin-Hong KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Ja-Young KimDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Cheol-Min ChoiDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
June-Kyung LeeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Hoi-Sung KeeDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Kwang-Ik JungDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Seo-Ra YoonDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Seoul Veterans Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the dose-related effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) for knee osteoarthritis.

methodsSeventy-five subjects were recruited, 60 of which met the inclusion criteria. The patients were randomly classified into two groups: group L, which was a low-energy group (n=30; 1,000 shocks/session; energy flux density [EFD], 0.040 mJ/mm(2)) and group M, which was a medium-energy group (n=30; 1,000 shocks/session; EFD, 0.093 mJ/mm(2)). For each group, 1,000 shock waves were delivered to the medial tibial plateau area, once a week, for 3 weeks. The main outcome measures were the visual analogue scale (VAS), the Roles and Maudsley (RM) score, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) score, and the Lequesne index. Each assessment was performed at the baseline and at 1, 4, and 12 weeks after ESWT.

resultsIn both groups, the VAS, the RM and WOMAC scores, and the Lequesne index were significantly improved over time (p<0.001), and group M showed greater improvement over group L at the 1, 4 and 12 weeks assessments.

conclusionIn this study, medium-energy group (group M) showed greater improvement in regard to relieving pain and restoring functional outcome than the low-energy group (group L). Therefore, EFD can be considered to have significant influence when treating with ESWT for knee osteoarthritis.

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High-energy shock wavesKneeOsteoarthritisTreatment outcome

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PMCPMC4564710
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