High-energy versus low-energy extracorporeal shock wave therapy for calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder: Which is superior? A meta-analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 472, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2816-2825

  Verstraelen, F U ^a   In Den Kleef, N J H M ^a   Jansen, L ^a   Morrenhof, J W ^a  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFICATION; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HIGH ENERGY EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDINITIS;

CALCINOSIS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; SHOULDER JOINT; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905995641     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3680-0     Document Type: Review

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