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Observational studyMedicine2018

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A retrospective study.

Wei Li, Yu Pan, Qi Yang, Zheng-Gui Guo, Qi Yue, Qing-Gang Meng

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Observational study in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei LiDepartment of Medical Science, Institute of Harbin, The First Hospital of Harbin City, Harbin Medical University Department of Study Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Department of Study Center, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
Yu Pan
Qi Yang
Zheng-Gui Guo
Qi Yue
Qing-Gang Meng
First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University · CNHarbin Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This retrospective study investigated the effect and safety of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA).In this retrospective study, 105 patients with KOA were included. Of those, 60 patients underwent ESWT, whereas 45 patients received laser therapy. Effect was measured by the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). In addition, adverse events (AEs) were also recorded in this study. All outcome measurements were evaluated at the end of weeks 1, 6, and 12.Compared with the laser therapy, ESWT showed greater effect in KOA symptoms relief with regard to NRS, WOMAC total, and its subscores at week 6 (P < .05) and week 12 (P < .01) after treatment. No AE, however, occurred in both groups.The results of this retrospective study found that ESWT may be efficacious and safe for the treatment of patients with KOA. It, however, had an intrinsic limitation as a retrospective study. Prospective study with larger sample size is still needed to warrant the result of this study in the future.

Indexed as

AgedArthralgiaExtracorporeal Shockwave TherapyFemaleHumansKnee JointLaser TherapyMaleMiddle AgedOsteoarthritis, KneePain MeasurementRetrospective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID29979441
PMCPMC6076154
OpenAlexW2809883613

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