The Efficacy of Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Ultrasound Therapy in the Treatment of Calcar Calcanei: A Randomized Study.

Ivana Topalović, Dejan Nešić, Sindi Mitrović, Vera Miler Jerković, Ljubica Konstantinović

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in

1citing papers in PubMed

0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

Ultrasound-Guided Versus Landmark-Based Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Calcific Shoulder Tendinopathy: An Interventional Clinical Trial.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ivana TopalovićFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

Dejan NešićFaculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Institute of Physiology, Serbia.

Sindi MitrovićFaculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Clinic for Rehabilitation dr Miroslav Zotović, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6913-8089

Vera Miler JerkovićUniversity of Belgrade, Innovation Center of the School of Electrical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia.

Ljubica KonstantinovićFaculty of Medicine University of Belgrade, Clinic for Rehabilitation dr Miroslav Zotović, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5906-1594

University of Belgrade · RS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prospective, simple randomized study assesses the effect of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (f-ESWT) on pain intensity and calcification size compared to the application of ultrasound physical therapy in treating patients with calcar calcanei. A total of 124 patients diagnosed with calcar calcanei were consecutively included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups: the experimental group (

Indexed as

CalcaneusCalcinosisExtracorporeal Shockwave TherapyUltrasonic TherapyHumansLower ExtremityProspective Studies

Identifiers

PMID36860813

DOI10.1155/2023/8855687

PMCPMC9970705

OpenAlexW4321367126

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