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| Title |
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
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12891-015-0712-1 |
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| Authors |
Elisabeth Kvalvaag, Jens Ivar Brox, Kaia Beck Engebretsen, Helene Lundgaard Søberg, Erik Bautz-Holter, Cecilie Røe |
| Abstract |
Subacromial shoulder pain is a common complaint. Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (rESWT) has being increasingly used to treat calcific and non-calcific tendinosis, although there is no evidence of the effectiveness of rESWT in non-calcific tendinosis of the rotator cuff. A randomised single blind study showed that the short-term effect of supervised exercises (SE) was significantly better than rESWT on subacromial shoulder pain, but both groups improved. In a clinical trial on achilles tendinopathy rESWT improved the effectiveness of treatment with eccentric loading. The objective of this present study is to evaluate if rESWT in addition to SE is more effective in improving shoulder pain and function compared with sham rESWT and SE in patients with subacromial shoulder pain. This is a double blind, randomised sham-controlled trial which is performed at the shoulder clinic at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Oslo University Hospital, Norway. One-hundred-forty-four patients with subacromial shoulder pain lasting at least 3 months, age from 25 to 70 years old are included in the trial. Patients are randomly allocated in 1:1 ratio to receive either rESWT or sham rESWT once a week in addition to SE once a week for the initial 4 weeks. Subsequently SE are provided twice a week for 8 weeks. The primary outcome measure is a change in the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) at 24 weeks follow-up. Secondary outcomes include return to work, pain at rest and on activity, function, and health related quality of life. The patients, the physiotherapist providing the exercise regimen and the outcome assessor are blinded to group assignment. The physiotherapist providing the rESWT is not blinded. Because of the extensive use of rESWT in the treatment of subacromial shoulder pain the results of this trial will be of importance and have impact on clinical practice. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01441830. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Chile | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 279 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 51 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 41 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 16% |
| Unknown | 104 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 65 | 23% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 19% |
| Sports and Recreations | 15 | 5% |
| Unspecified | 11 | 4% |
| Psychology | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 17 | 6% |
| Unknown | 115 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
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#14,924,102
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#2,323
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#148,300
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#60
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