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ReviewEFORT open reviews2020

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy: an update.

Vinzenz Auersperg, Klemens Trieb

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Review in EFORT open reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07070661 (Effects of Radial Pressure Wave Therapy Modulation in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 87 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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87citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07070661 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Radial Pressure Wave Therapy Modulation in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorArmando Tonatiuh Avila GarciaRan2025 to 2026Enrolled60ConditionsCarpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)ArmsFixed-Dose Radial Pressure Wave Therapy., Modulated-Dose Radial Pressure Wave Therapy.
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vinzenz AuerspergDepartment of Orthopaedics, Klinikum Steyr-Kirchdorf, Steyr, Austria.
Klemens TriebDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a safe therapy and there are only a few side effects known (such as pain during ESWT and minor haematomata), but no severe complications are to be expected if it is performed as recommended.Contraindications are severe coagulopathy for high-energy ESWT, and ESWT with focus on the foetus or embryo and focus on severe infection.The effect mechanism of ESWT is still a component of diverse studies, but as far as we can summarize today, it is a similar process to a cascade triggered by mechano-transduction: mechanical energy causes changes in the cellular skeleton, which provokes a reaction of the cell core (for example release of mRNA) to influence diverse cell structures such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, intracellular vesicles, etc., so the enzymatic response leads to the improvement of the healing process.The usage of ESWT should be taught, to improve the outcome. Courses should be organized by national societies, since the legal framework conditions are different from one country to another.In this update the musculoskeletal indications are addressed (mainly bone and tendons): pseudoarthrosis, delayed fracture healing, bone marrow oedema and osteonecrosis in its early stages, insertional tendinopathies such as plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendon fasciitis, calcifying tendonitis of the rotator cuff, tennis elbow, and wound healing problems. Cite this article:

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extracorporealindicationpressureshock wavetherapy

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PMID33204500
PMCPMC7608508
OpenAlexW3096839365

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