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Medicina, 2022 Night wrist splinting has been a conservative treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. The addition of extracorporeal shock wave therapy provides an alternative treatment.
Ko-Ta Chen +3 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy: an update
EFORT Open Reviews, 2020 Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is a safe therapy and there are only a few side effects known (such as pain during ESWT and minor haematomata), but no severe complications are to be expected if it is performed as recommended.
V. Auersperg, K. Trieb
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Narrative review: Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for pain management in musculoskeletal rehabilitation: Mechanisms, clinical applications, and safety [PDF]
Journal of International Medical ResearchThis narrative review synthesizes current evidence on extracorporeal shock wave therapy for pain management in musculoskeletal rehabilitation, emphasizing its analgesic mechanisms, clinical applications, and safety.
Ting Gao, Bingquan Zhao
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020 Objectives: To investigate whether botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) injection is more effective than radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy in reducing plantar flexor muscle spasticity in subjects with cerebral palsy. Methods: A total of 68 subjects with
Xavier Vidal +7 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2017 Background A substantial body of evidence supports the use of focused extracorporeal shock wave therapy (fESWT) in the non-invasive treatment of fracture nonunions.
Paulo Kertzman +3 more
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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2021 Objective: To assess the dose-related effects of radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy on pain alleviation in knee osteoarthritis. Methods: With the use of a 2?×?2 factorial randomized controlled design, 89 patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis ...
Ya-Fei Zhang +3 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for post-stroke spasticity: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyIntroductionThis umbrella review aims to synthesize and critically evaluate existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses to determine the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for post-stroke spasticity, along with the quality and reliability of
Jiayi Chang +4 more
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy today
Indian Journal of Urology, 2013 Even 32 years after its first introduction shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) remains a matter of discussion and controversy. Since the first SWL in 1980, millions of treatments have been performed worldwide.
Geert G Tailly
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The Effect of Progressive Muscle Relaxation and Proper Patients' Preparation on Selected Complications Post Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy [PDF]
Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2023 Background: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is one of the most important non-surgical procedures for treating urinary tract stones, so proper patient preparation for this procedure with applying progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) had a ...
Aziza Mohamed Kamel +2 more
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Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Narrative Review
Healthcare, 2023 Extracorporeal shock waves are high-intensity mechanical waves (500–1000 bar) of a microsecond duration with a morphology characterized by a rapid positive phase followed by a negative phase. Background: Extracorporeal shock waves have been used for pain
H. De la Corte-Rodríguez +4 more
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