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ReviewBrain sciences2020

Effectiveness of Shock Wave Therapy as a Treatment for Spasticity: A Systematic Review.

Isabel María Martínez, Nuria Sempere-Rubio, Olga Navarro, Raquel Faubel

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Review in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isabel María MartínezFaculty of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Nuria Sempere-RubioDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6564-0936
Olga NavarroDepartment of Nursery, Catholic University of Valencia, 46001 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3563-4129
Raquel FaubelDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Universitat de València · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study was to collect and analyse the available scientific evidence on the effectiveness of shock wave therapy as a treatment for spasticity.

methodsthe search was performed in the following databases: PubMed, PEDro, Cochrane, Embase, and the Virtual Health Library. All publications from November 2009 to November 2019 were selected that included a sample of patients with spasticity and prior suspension of botulinum toxin, to whom shock wave therapy was applied. The methodological quality of the articles was evaluated using the Jadad scale and the pyramid of quality of scientific evidence.

results25 studies involving 866 participants with spasticity were selected. The results obtained suggest that shock wave therapy appears to be effective in reducing spasticity levels irrespective of the age of the participants, the type of injury, and the tool used to measure the effect.

conclusionsshock wave therapy reports evidence of improvement in motor function, motor impairment, pain, and functional independence, applied independently of botulinum toxin. However, due to the heterogeneity of the protocols, there is no optimum protocol for its application, and it would be appropriate to gain more high-quality scientific evidence through primary studies.

Indexed as

extracorporeal shockwave therapymuscle spasticityshock wavespasticity

Identifiers

PMID33374359
PMCPMC7823267
OpenAlexW3117201170

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