PMID- 29979441
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180717
LR  - 20210109
IS  - 1536-5964 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Linking)
VI  - 97
IP  - 27
DP  - 2018 Jul
TI  - Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: A 
      retrospective study.
PG  - e11418
LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000011418 [doi]
LID - e11418
AB  - This retrospective study investigated the effect and safety of extracorporeal 
      shockwave therapy (ESWT) for treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA).In this 
      retrospective study, 105 patients with KOA were included. Of those, 60 patients 
      underwent ESWT, whereas 45 patients received laser therapy. Effect was measured 
      by the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities 
      Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). In addition, adverse events (AEs) were also 
      recorded in this study. All outcome measurements were evaluated at the end of 
      weeks 1, 6, and 12.Compared with the laser therapy, ESWT showed greater effect in 
      KOA symptoms relief with regard to NRS, WOMAC total, and its subscores at week 6 
      (P < .05) and week 12 (P < .01) after treatment. No AE, however, occurred in both 
      groups.The results of this retrospective study found that ESWT may be efficacious 
      and safe for the treatment of patients with KOA. It, however, had an intrinsic 
      limitation as a retrospective study. Prospective study with larger sample size is 
      still needed to warrant the result of this study in the future.
FAU - Li, Wei
AU  - Li W
AD  - Department of Medical Science, Institute of Harbin, The First Hospital of Harbin 
      City, Harbin Medical University Department of Study Center, The First Affiliated 
      Hospital of Harbin Medical University Department of Study Center, The Fourth 
      Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
FAU - Pan, Yu
AU  - Pan Y
FAU - Yang, Qi
AU  - Yang Q
FAU - Guo, Zheng-Gui
AU  - Guo ZG
FAU - Yue, Qi
AU  - Yue Q
FAU - Meng, Qing-Gang
AU  - Meng QG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Observational Study
PL  - United States
TA  - Medicine (Baltimore)
JT  - Medicine
JID - 2985248R
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Arthralgia/therapy
MH  - Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Knee Joint
MH  - Laser Therapy/*methods
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Osteoarthritis, Knee/*therapy
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Treatment Outcome
PMC - PMC6076154
COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
EDAT- 2018/07/07 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/18 06:00
PMCR- 2018/07/06
CRDT- 2018/07/07 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/07/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/18 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/07/06 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00005792-201807060-00068 [pii]
AID - MD-D-17-06818 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000011418 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Jul;97(27):e11418. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000011418.