Is radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (rEWST) combined with supervised exercises (SE) more effective than sham rESWT and SE in patients with subacromial shoulder pain? Study protocol for a double-blind randomised, sham-controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kvalvaag, Elisabeth ^a   Brox, Jens Ivar ^a   Engebretsen, Kaia Beck ^a   Søberg, Helene Lundgaard ^a   Bautz Holter, Erik ^a   Røe, Cecilie ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN AT REST; PAIN ON ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETURN TO WORK; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER PAIN AND DISABILITY INDEX; TREATMENT DURATION; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941659389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-015-0712-1     Document Type: Article

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