Clinically relevant effectiveness of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis: A Randomized, Controlled Multicenter Study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 701-708

  Gollwitzer, Hans ^a   Saxena, Amol ^b   DiDomenico, Lawrence A ^c   Galli, Louis ^d   Bouche, Richard T ^e   Caminear, David S ^f   Fullem, Brian ^g   Vester, Johannes C ^h   Horn, Carsten ⁱ   Banke, Ingo J ^a   Burgkart, Rainer ^a   Gerdesmeyer, Ludger ^j  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c Northside Medical Center   (United States)

^d Advanced Footcare Specialists   (United States)

^e Sports Medicine Clinic   (United States)

^f Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists ^*  (United States)

^g Elite Sports Podiatry   (United States)

^h Biometrics in Medicine   (Germany)

ⁱ Unfallchirurgie und Orthopadie   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLES AND MAUDSLEY SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84932626385     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01331     Document Type: Article

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