SynthesisOrthopaedic surgery2024
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Versus Local Corticosteroid Injection for Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Orthopaedic surgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07782723 (The Effects Of Combining Blood Flow Restriction Therapy With Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy On Pain, Muscle Strength, And Functional Outcomes İn Patients Diagnosed With Lateral Epicondylitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effects Of Combining Blood Flow Restriction Therapy With Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy On Pain, Muscle Strength, And Functional Outcomes İn Patients Diagnosed With Lateral Epicondylitis: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comparison of extracorporeal shockwave therapy, ultrasound therapy, and corticosteroid injections for treatment of lateral epicondylitis: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of laser, PRP, splinting, and ESWT versus corticosteroid injection in lateral epicondylitis: a randomized controlled trial.Irish journal of medical science · 2026Trial
- [Chronic lateral epicondylopathy : What do we know about tennis elbow?]Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025Review
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Abstract
Chronic lateral epicondylitis (LE), normally known as tennis elbow, is often managed by conservative treatments. Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and local corticosteroid injection (LCI) are among the most commonly used conservative treatments. However, the comparison between these two interventions remains controversial. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of ESWT and LCI for chronic LE. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science were searched for eligible studies until April 20, 2024. Meta-analyses were conducted using Manager V.5.4.1. Pooled effect sizes were expressed as the weighted mean difference (WMD) or odds ratio (OR), with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). A total of six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included. Compared with LCI, ESWT had inferior change in visual analogue scale (Δ VAS) (WMD, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.80 to 1.48; I
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