Effectiveness and Safety of Shockwave Therapy in Tendinopathies

Materia Socio Medica

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Vasileios Dedes¹  Apostolos Stergioulas²  Georgios Kipreos²  Ariadni Maria Dede³  Athanasios Mitseas4⁴  Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos¹ 

[1] Laboratory of PhysiologyPharmacology, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese;Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences, University of Peloponnese;Engineering in Biotechnology, Absalon University College;Messinion Therapeutirion

关键词: shockwave therapy;    musculoskeletal injuries;    rehabilitation;    tendinopathy;    tendon injuries.;   

DOI  :  10.5455/msm.2018.30.141-146

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Avicena d.o.o

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: People suffering from tendinopathies exhibit reduced mobility due to the pain caused by the movement of the tendons involved. Recently, shockwave therapy has been used as a treatment option, which is non-invasive, simpler, faster and safer. Aims: To record the intensity of the pain, the functionality of the upper and lower limbs and quality of life before treatment with shock waves, immediately after the treatment and the 4-week follow-up. Methodology: The sample consisted of 384 patients, suffering from a tendinopathy. 326 patients constituted the shockwave intervention groups and 58 patients made up the control groups. The researchers created a self-administered questionnaire (University of Peloponnese Pain, Functionality and Quality of Life Questionnaire) in which the intensity of pain, functionality and quality of life were evaluated on a five-point Likert scale, before, immediately after the treatment and at a 4-week follow-up.

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