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SynthesisMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in the Management of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Maria Ruiz-Muñoz, Lidia Rueda-Zapata, Francisco-Javier Martinez-Barrios, Tereza Nováková, Eva Lopezosa-Reca, Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez, Raul Fernandez-Torres, Alejandro Galan-Mercant

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Synthesis in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Maria Ruiz-MuñozDepartment Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0454-2758
Lidia Rueda-ZapataDepartment Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.
Francisco-Javier Martinez-BarriosDepartment Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3075-4164
Tereza NovákováDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, 16252 Prague, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-2474-287X
Eva Lopezosa-RecaDepartment Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8778-5837
Manuel Gonzalez-SanchezDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3993-5092
Raul Fernandez-TorresDepartment Nursing and Podiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain.
Alejandro Galan-MercantDepartment Nursing and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cádiz, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3581-0372

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Diabetic FootExtracorporeal Shockwave TherapyChronic DiseaseHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeWound HealingDFUdiabetic foot diseasediabetic foot ulcerdiabetic woundextracorporeal shockwave therapiesmeta-analysisulcer treatment

Identifiers

PMID41133500
PMCPMC12550995

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