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2022 May 13


Sports Med Open


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35552903?dopt=Abstract


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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Mid-portion and Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Authors

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Mid-portion and Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Paantjens MA, Helmhout PH, Backx FJG, van Etten-Jamaludin FS, Bakker EWP
Sports Med Open. 2022 May 13; 8(1):68.
PMID: 35552903.

Abstract

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used commonly to treat pain and function in Achilles tendinopathy (AT). The aim of this study was to synthesize the evidence from (non-) randomized controlled trials, to determine the clinical effectiveness of ESWT for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (mid-AT) and insertional Achilles tendinopathy (ins-AT) separately.
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