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| Title |
Individualised radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) for symptomatic calcific shoulder tendinopathy: a retrospective clinical study
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12891-017-1873-x |
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| Authors |
Nikolaos Malliaropoulos, Dawn Thompson, Maria Meke, Debasish Pyne, Dimosthenis Alaseirlis, Henry Atkinson, Vasileios Korakakis, Heinz Lohrer |
| Abstract |
A retrospective single centre cohort analysis was performed to evaluate an individualised radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT) protocol for treatment of symptomatic calcific shoulder tendinopathy. 67 patients (79 Shoulders) were identified with 76 shoulders included for analysis. rESWT treatment protocol was adapted according to individual response to treatment. Variables included number of sessions, shockwave impulses, pressure and frequency. Success rate was estimated as the percentage of patients having ≥60% visual analogue score (VAS) pain decrease at follow-up. Recurrence at 1 year was recorded. Using this individualised symptom guided protocol, patients underwent a mean of 7 ± 1.5 rESWT sessions, with mean pressure of 1.7 ± 0.2 bar, mean frequency of 5 ± 0.3 Hz and 2175 ± 266 impulses. The mean pre-treatment VAS score of 6.7 ± 1.1 was significantly decreased to 3.2 ± 0.8 immediately post-treatment, 2.6 ± 0.9 at 1 month, 1.7 ± 1.0 at 3 months and 0.8 ± 1.0 at 1 year follow up (α = 0.05). One-year success rate was estimated at 92% and 1-year recurrence rate was 7%. We conclude that in this retrospective study an individualised rESWT protocol resulted in a high success rate with low number of recurrences. Randomised controlled trials to support these findings are recommended. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 40% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 13% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 7% |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 7% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Ireland | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 3 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 73% |
| Scientists | 3 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 96 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 15% |
| Unknown | 30 | 31% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 29% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 18% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 36 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2018.
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#3,545,217
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#693
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#73,846
of 450,942 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#17
of 96 outputs
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