Which method is more effective in treatment ofcalcific tendinitis in the shoulder? Prospective randomized comparison between ultrasound-guided needling and extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1640-1646

  Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Lee, Hyo Jin ^a   Kim, Yoon Vin ^b   Kong, Chae Gwan ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcific tendinitis; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy; Needle decompression; Shoulder; Subacromial steroid injection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER CALCIFIC TENDINITIS; TENDINITIS; THERAPY; ULTRASOUND GUIDED NEEDLING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; X RAY FILM; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CALCINOSIS; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY; THERAPEUTIC USE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 84907996003     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.06.036     Document Type: Article

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