Trial reportMedicine2017
Effect of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy for treating patients with chronic rotator cuff tendonitis.
Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for rotator cuff tendinopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for upper limb tendonitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Shock wave therapy for rotator cuff disease with or without calcification.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Ultrasound-Guided Prolotherapy with Polydeoxyribonucleotide for Painful Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy.Pain research & management · 2018Trial
- Integration of Shear-Wave Elastography and Inertial Motion Sensing for Quantitative Monitoring of Tendon Remodeling After Shockwave Therapy in Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pain, Function, and Elastosonographic Assessment After Shockwave Therapy in Non-Calcific Supraspinatus Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Observational Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Predictive Prognostic Factors in Non-Calcific Supraspinatus Tendinopathy Treated with Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy: An Artificial Neural Network Approach.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for rotator cuff injury: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
- One-shot platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection is non-inferior to extracorporeal shockwave therapy in the management of supraspinatus tendinosis.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2023Observational
- Feasibility Using Telehealth for Planning Use of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in a Sports Medicine Clinic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improving functional outcomes and quality of life in an elderly woman with sarcopenia and spinal Tuberculosis: A case report.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- Comparison of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Ultrasound-Guided Shoulder Injection Therapy in Patients with Supraspinatus Tendinitis.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2022Article
- Effects of High-Energy Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain, Functional Disability, Quality of Life, and Ultrasonographic Changes in Patients with Calcified Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy.BioMed research international · 2022Article
- Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for rotator cuff tendonitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Treatment in Upper Limb Diseases: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
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- ESWT and nutraceutical supplementation (Tendisulfur Forte) vs ESWT-only in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis, Achilles tendinopathy, and rotator cuff tendinopathy: a comparative study.Journal of drug assessment · 2019Article
- Clinical course of pain and disability in patients with subacromial shoulder pain: a systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2018Article
- EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE THERAPY IN SHOULDER INJURIES: PROSPECTIVE STUDY.Acta ortopedica brasileiraArticle
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) for treating patients with chronic rotator cuff tendonitis (CRCT).
methodsIn this study, 84 patients with CRCT were randomly divided into intervention and control groups in a ratio of 1:1. Patients in the intervention group received ESWT, whereas those in the control group received placebo. The primary outcome was measured by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The secondary outcomes were measured by the Constant-Murley score (CMS), simple shoulder test (SST) score, and adverse events.
resultsCompared with placebo, ESWT showed greater efficacy in shoulder pain relief with regard to NRS score and shoulder function as measured by using CMS and SST score at 4 weeks (P < .05) and 8 weeks (P < .01) after treatment. However, no adverse events occurred in both groups.
conclusionESWT was efficacious and safe for treating patients with CRCT.
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