Safety and efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) in calcinosis cutis associated with systemic sclerosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-180

  Blumhardt, Sandra ^a   Frey, Diana P ^a   Toniolo, Martin ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Held, Ulrike ^b   Distler, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcinosis cutis; Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT); Systemic sclerosis; Ultrasound inter assessor agreement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS SIZE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; FINGER PAIN; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK WAVE THERAPY; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CALCINOSIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SWITZERLAND; THERAPEUTIC USE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84994476670     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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