Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Chronic Calcifying Tendonitis of the Rotator Cuff: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2573-2580

  Gerdesmeyer, Ludger ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^b   Haake, Michael ^c   Maier, Markus ^d   Loew, Markus ^e   Wörtler, Klaus ^a   Lampe, Renee ^a   Seil, Romain ^f   Handle, Gerhart ^g   Gassel, Susanne ^h   Rompe, Jan D ⁱ  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF CALCIFIC TENDINITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SURGEON; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344851839     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.19.2573     Document Type: Article

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