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Improved pain and function with extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared to sham for knee OA

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October 2019

Improved pain and function with extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared to sham for knee OA

Vol: 8| Issue: 10| Number:6| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effects of Low-Dose Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2019;100(9):1695-1702. 10.1016/j.apmr.2019.04.020

Contributing Authors:
Z Zhong B Liu G Liu J Chen Y Li X Liu Y Hu

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The success of non-operative knee osteoarthritis treatments is of great interest to patients and surgeons. The authors in this article randomized 63 patients with knee osteoarthritis to receive extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) or sham ESWT, and followed their pain, function, and MRI T2 measurements at 5 and 12 weeks. Primary outcome was pain on a 0-10 VAS, and secondary outcomes were the We...

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