PMID- 31918431
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210721
LR  - 20210721
IS  - 1423-0151 (Electronic)
IS  - 1011-7571 (Print)
IS  - 1011-7571 (Linking)
VI  - 29
IP  - 5
DP  - 2020
TI  - The Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Chronic Coccydynia.
PG  - 444-450
LID - 10.1159/000505835 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Coccydynia is a disorder that decreases quality of life with 
      significant functional failure. Extra-corporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) is used 
      to treat several painful musculoskeletal disorders. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The 
      medical records of 34 patients (29 females, 5 males) who had been treated with 
      ESWT between 2017 and 2018 for chronic coccydynia were evaluated. Visual analog 
      scale (VAS) scores were noted at the initial consultation, at each session, and 
      during the initial and follow-up (at 6 months) examinations after the treatment. 
      The 36-item short form (SF-36) quality of life scale survey was conducted at the 
      beginning and end of the treatment. MRI was performed before the start of the 
      procedure and 1 month after the end of the treatment. RESULTS: The mean VAS score 
      was 9.6 (9-10) before the treatment and 3.4 (0-2) after the treatment (p < 0.05). 
      The VAS score decreased to </=3 in 79.4% of patients. Bone marrow edema regressed 
      in 6% of patients. Significant improvement was observed in all of the SF-36 
      parameters, except for two. CONCLUSION: In our patient group, ESWT provided 
      effective pain control. In order to evaluate the efficacy of ESWT more accurately 
      and sensitively, prospective randomized studies with longer follow-up periods, in 
      which ESWT is compared with different energy doses and different treatment 
      methods, are needed.
CI  - (c) 2020 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
FAU - Gonen Aydin, Canan
AU  - Gonen Aydin C
AD  - Department of Sports Medicine, Metin Sabanci Baltalimani Bone Diseases Training 
      and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, canowum@gmail.com.
FAU - Orscelik, Aydan
AU  - Orscelik A
AD  - Department of Sports Medicine, University of Health Sciences Gulhane Faculty of 
      Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Gok, Mustafa Cantay
AU  - Gok MC
AD  - Department of Radiology, Metin Sabanci Baltalimani Bone Diseases Training and 
      Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Akman, Yunus Emre
AU  - Akman YE
AD  - Private Practice in Orthopedics and Traumatology, Istanbul, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200110
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Med Princ Pract
JT  - Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, 
      Health Science Centre
JID - 8901334
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bone Marrow Diseases/therapy
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Edema/therapy
MH  - Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy/*methods
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Low Back Pain/*therapy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pain Management
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - *Sacrococcygeal Region
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC7511685
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Coccydynia
OT  - Extracorporeal shock wave therapy
OT  - Pain
COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
EDAT- 2020/01/10 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/22 06:00
PMCR- 2020/01/10
CRDT- 2020/01/10 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/16 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/01/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/01/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/01/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/01/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 000505835 [pii]
AID - mpp-0029-0444 [pii]
AID - 10.1159/000505835 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Princ Pract. 2020;29(5):444-450. doi: 10.1159/000505835. Epub 2020 Jan 10.