Abstract Aim The purpose of this mixed methods feasibility study was to assess the delivering ESWT patients with DFUs. It also aimed explore any potential clinical effect on wound healing and investigate whether may offer patient reported benefits. Method A single centre study. Patients a DFU who met eligibility criteria underwent 3 times in over 7 days. Primary outcome intervention. Secondary ...

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the results of two treatment regimens for medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS); a graded running programme and the same running programme with additional shockwave therapy (extracorporeal shockwave therapy; ESWT). Design A prospective observational controlled trial. Setting Two different sports medicine departments. Participants 42 athletes...

Patellar tendinopathy is a common injury in athletes. The purpuse was to examine whether extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) more effective than placebo the treatment patellar tendinopathy. Thirty-six athletes were randomly assigned receive either three ESWT treatments or treatments. primary endpoints changes pain while walking, at rest, and when tendon squeezed on 0-10 numeric rating scale...

Our retrospective study assessed the effects of treatment of early stage ONFH with extracorporeal shock wave therapy. 335 patients (528 hips) were treated with shockwave therapy in our institution. Each patient underwent two sessions. The hips were divided into two groups according to whether the lateral pillar of the femoral head (LPFH) was preserved: LPFH and non-LPFH groups. Patients were fo...