Short-term outcomes of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for the treatment of chronic non-calcific tendinopathy of the supraspinatus: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Galasso, Olimpio ^a   Amelio, Ernesto ^b   Riccelli, Daria Anna ^a   Gasparini, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b Policlinico GB Rossi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NON CALCIFYING SUPRASPINATUS TENDINOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; TENDINITIS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861793192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-86     Document Type: Article

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