Extracorporeal shock wave therapy is effective in treating chronic plantar fasciitis: A meta-analysis of RCTs

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3645-3652

  Aqil, Adeel ^a   Siddiqui, Muhammad R S ^b   Solan, Matthew ^c   Redfern, David J ^d   Gulati, Vivek ^a   Cobb, Justin P ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ROLES AND MAUDSLEY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84885954810     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3132-2     Document Type: Review

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