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.Abstract:
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.read more
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High energy shock waves in the treatment of delayed and nonunion of fractures.
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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
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Lack of scientific evidence for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis of the elbow. An attempted meta-analysis
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