Trial reportJournal of sports science & medicine2020
One Session of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy-Induced Modulation on Tendon Shear Modulus is Associated with Reduction in Pain.
Trial report in Journal of sports science & medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dutch multidisciplinary guideline on anterior knee pain: Patellofemoral pain and patellar tendinopathy.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025Guideline
- The effectiveness of shockwave therapy on patellar tendinopathy, Achilles tendinopathy, and plantar fasciitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Assessing the Effects of Focal and Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Pain and Function in Patellar Tendinopathy.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Review
- Ultrasound-Assessed Rotator Interval Vascularity Is Associated With the Immediate Response to Corticosteroid Injection Combined With Radial Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Therapy in Adhesive Capsulitis: A Single-Group Quasi-Experimental Preliminary Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Article
- Placebo Effect in the Treatment of Patellar Tendinopathy and Its Influencing Factors: Systematic Review With Meta-analysis and Meta Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Review
- The effect of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy on pain in patients with various tendinopathies: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Acute Patellar Tendon Ruptures: An Update on Management.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the immediate effect of 1 session of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) on patellar tendon stiffness and to explore the relationship between the change in tendon stiffness and the pain intensity. Thirty-four male athletes aged 22.2 ± 3.8 with patellar tendinopathy were recruited. The participants were randomized into ESWT and sham groups. The ESWT group received 1500 impulses of ESWT at 4 Hz with maximal tolerable pain intensity and the sham group received intensities below 0.08 mJ/mm
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