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Greater Clinical Benefit with Higher Intensity Radio Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Knee OA
March 2021
Greater Clinical Benefit with Higher Intensity Radio Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Knee OA
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:2
Dose-related effects of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy for knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial
J Rehabil Med. 2021 Jan 13Did you know you're eligible to earn 0.5 CME credits for reading this report? Click Here
Synopsis
Eighty-nine patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomized into 4 groups to receive 4 sessions of weekly radial extracorporeal shock wave (rEWST) therapy with lower or higher density and shock numbers: LD/2,000 (n=19), LD/4,000 (n=19), HD/2,000 (n=19) and HD/4,000 (n=18) or control (n=14). The primary outcome of interest was pain evaluated using a visual analogue scale (VAS). The secondary outc...
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