Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Chronic Painful Heel Syndrome: A Prospective, Double Blind, Randomized Trial Assessing the Efficacy of a New Electromagnetic Shock Wave Device

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 348-357

  Gollwitzer, Hans ^a   Diehl, Peter ^a   von Korff, Alexej ^a   Rahlfs, Volker W ^a   Gerdesmeyer, Ludger ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

calcaneal spur; ESWT; extracorporeal shockwave therapy; heel pain; lithotripsy; plantar fasciitis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548129613     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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