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Analgesic effect of extracorporeal shock-wave therapy on chronic tennis elbow

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There was significant alleviation of pain and improvement of function after treatment in group I in which there was a good or excellent outcome in 48% and an acceptable result in 42% at the final review, compared with 6% and 24%, respectively, in group II.
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We report a controlled, prospective study to investigate the effect of treatment by low-energy extracorporeal shock waves on pain in tennis elbow. We assigned at random 100 patients who had had symptoms for more than 12 months to two groups to receive low-energy shock-wave therapy. Group I received a total of 3000 impulses of 0.08 mJ/mm 2 and group II, the control group, 30 impulses. The patients were reviewed after 3, 6 and 24 weeks. There was significant alleviation of pain and improvement of function after treatment in group I in which there was a good or excellent outcome in 48% and an acceptable result in 42% at the final review, compared with 6% and 24%, respectively, in group II.

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Lateral epicondylitis: This is still a main indication for extracorporeal shockwave therapy.

TL;DR: An overview of the published RCT's on ESWT for lateral epicondylitis tries to show the reasons for this conflicting data-base and point out, why it is thought that this is still a main indication for extracorporeal shockwave therapy.
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Pathomechanism of shock wave injuries on femoral artery, vein and nerve. An experimental study in dogs.

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Chronic Plantar Fasciitis: Acute Changes in the Heel after Extracorporeal High-Energy Shock Wave Therapy—Observations at MR Imaging

TL;DR: Increase in soft-tissue edema is the most common acute response associated with ESWT, and this response is similar to that seen in patients with chronic plantar fasciitis.
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Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: Based on the existing clinical evidence, extracorporeal shock wave therapy can effectively relieve the pain and functional impairment (loss of grip strength) caused by tennis elbow, with better overall safety than several other methods.
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Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy on Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Their Dynamic Balance Ability

TL;DR: The exercise program combined with the ESWT relieved chronic back pain more than the exercise program Combined with the CPT, and the former was also more effective at improving the patients’ dynamic balance ability in terms of SAPLS, SAPRS, SAPFS, and TSA.
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RADIAL TUNNEL SYNDROME: Resistant Tennis Elbow as a Nerve Entrapment

TL;DR: In this article, an anterior muscle-splitting incision was performed to explore the radial nerve and its branches in tennis elbow patients, and the results showed that the operation was effective in 30% of the cases.
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Prolonged relief of pain by brief, intense transcutaneous somatic stimulation

TL;DR: The data indicate that the procedure provides a powerful method for the control of some forms of severe pathological pain by brief, intense transcutaneous electrical stimulations at trigger points or acupuncture points.
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High energy shock waves in the treatment of delayed and nonunion of fractures.

TL;DR: The treatment of delayed and nonunion of fractures by a single extracorporeal dose of high energy shock waves generated in a water medium and focused on the fracture site is reported.

Lack of scientific evidence for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis of the elbow

TL;DR: Guibert, MSc, Assistant Professor, Groupe deRecherche Interdisciplinaire enSanteUniversity of Montreal, P0 Box 6128-Succ. A,Montreal, Quebec,Canada H3C 3J7.M.Fallaha, MD, FRCS C, assistant Professor ofSurgery, UniversityofMontrealMaisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, 5415 L'Assomption Boulevard, the authors
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Lack of scientific evidence for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. An attempted meta-analysis

TL;DR: There was insufficient scientific evidence to support any of the current methods of treatment for lateral epicondylitis of the elbow, and the importance of the natural evolution of the syndrome and of the placebo effect of all treatments was established.
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