ReviewJournal of orthopaedics2024
Effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy and ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage in reducing the pain of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy; an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Journal of orthopaedics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Case Report: C-arm-assisted peri-hip endoscopic debridement for calcific tendinitis at the deep insertion of the gluteus maximus.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Article
- Ultrasound-Guided Versus Landmark-Based Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Calcific Shoulder Tendinopathy: An Interventional Clinical Trial.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Clinical study on localization of calcific tendinitis of the supraspinatus tendon based on three-dimensional reconstruction technology of CT scan.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) and ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL or barbotage) are among those used to treat the pain of rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy (RCCT). This meta-analysis was done to review the effect ESWT and UGPL in reducing the pain of RCCT. Methods: A comprehensive search was done based on the PRISMA. PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were reviewed for articles published by Feb 1, 2024, on ESWT vs. UGPL. The main keywords searched are as follows: "rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy", "tendinitis", " ESWT", " ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage", " RCCT ″, " UGPL", " extracorporeal shock wave therapy" and titles or abstracts may contain one or a mix of these elements. This study was registered at PROSPERO with code" CRD42022385068". STATA version 13 was applied to analyze. Results: In general, 779 patients from 22 studies were analyzed. The mean age was 51.85 ± 3.41 years. The patients were referred after 18.69 months of suffering from tendinopathy symptoms. Right-sided and supraspinatus locations were affected more. ESWT has been effective in a decrease of calcium deposit (-1.70 SMD after 1 week for ESWT, -0.96 SMD after 12 weeks for ESWT and -1.20 SMD after 12 weeks UPGL). ESWT has been effective in decreasing VAS by -4.32 SMD after 1 week while UPGL showed -0.23 SMD reductions in VAS After 1 week but in time >1 week, UPGL showed better effect by more reduction in VAS. ESWT has been effective in an increase of CMS by 1.60 SMD after 4-6 weeks, by 1.79 SMD after 12 weeks, by 2.44 SMD after 24 weeks, and 2.53 SMD after 48 weeks. Conclusion: Based on the results, ultrasound-guided lavage is more effective in reducing pain than ESWT, and this effect becomes more evident in the long term. In terms of CMS score, over time, the efficiency of ESWT becomes more visible. In long-term follow-up, UPGL had a better effect on the calcium deposit reduction.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.