Radial extracorporeal shock-wave therapy in rotator cuff calcific tendinosis

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Mangone, Giuseppe ^a   Veliaj, Altin ^a   Postiglione, Marco ^b   Viliani, Tamara ^a   Pasquetti, Pietro ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radial shockwaves; Shoulder calcific tendinosis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HIGH POWER LASER THERAPY; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RADIAL EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; ROTATOR CUFF CALCIFIC TENDINOSIS; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 78449244725     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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