Extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1365-1368

  Sabeti Aschraf, Manuel ^a   Dorotka, Ronald ^a   Goll, Alexandra ^a   Trieb, Klemens ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calcific tendinitis; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT); Navigation; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENDINITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 23944526946     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504273052     Document Type: Article

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