ArticleTranslational sports medicine2026
Efficacy of Radial Pressure Wave Therapy Combined With Exercise in Physically Active Athletes With Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- Efficacy of Radial Pressure Wave Therapy Combined With Exercise in Physically Active Athletes With Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Translational sports medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: This study aimed to compare the effects of radial pressure wave (RPW) combined with exercise and exercise alone in athletes with patellar tendinopathy. Methods: This open-label randomized controlled trial was conducted at the Juntendo University Sakura Campus Athletic Training Room in Chiba, Japan. Thirty-three athletes with chronic patellar tendon pain due to patellar tendinopathy (mean age ± SD: 20.3 ± 2.9 years) were randomly allocated to either the RPW ( Results: The mean baseline VISA-P-J scores (95% confidence interval) were 68.8 (61.7-75.9) for the RPW group and 67.4 (60.1-74.8) for the control group. At 4, 16, and 28 weeks after the intervention, the RPW group obtained scores of 77.6 (70.4-84.9), 82.5 (74.8-90.2), and 89.9 (82.5-97.3), whereas the control group obtained scores of 72.7 (65.2-80.1), 78.5 (70.6-86.4), and 77.4 (69.8-85.1), respectively. Both groups showed significant improvements over time. Although the RPW group demonstrated greater improvements at 28 weeks in unadjusted analyses, these differences lost significance following adjustment for symptom duration. Conclusions: Both groups achieved clinically meaningful pain relief over the follow-up period. Although participants in the RPW group reached the MCID earlier than those in the control group, no statistically significant between-group differences were observed after adjustment for symptom duration.
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