One year results of a randomized controlled trial on radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment, with predictors of pain, disability and return to work in patients with subacromial pain syndrome

Assessment of therapeutic clinical trials for adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder

“… 26 , 27 As such, it has been shown to be effective in the relief of several shoulder conditions, including adhesive capsulitis, supraspinatus tendinopathy, and calcification tendinitis. 8 , 21 , 24 Nevertheless, its role in alleviating adhesive capsulitis pain remained unequivocal with a very small number of studies and inconclusive results. Hence, additional trials targeting this therapy are warranted before establishing conclusive therapeutic efficacy.…”

Combined extracorporeal shockwave therapy and exercise for the treatment of tendinopathy: A narrative review

“…Kvalvaag et al. 82 compared R-ESWT and supervised exercise for 12-weeks with sham R-ESWT and exercise in an RCT with 142 patients. At 24 and 52 weeks, participants in both groups had improved shoulder pain and function, but there were no differences between the groups.…”

ICON 2020—International Scientific Tendinopathy Symposium Consensus: A Scoping Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Constructs and Outcome Measures Reported in Tendinopathy Clinical Trials

“…The remaining studies used a General Self-Efficacy Scale and 109,110 Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale, 61 while the remaining 2 studies used 7-point ordinal scales. 26,100 Stress Six studies 6/149 (4%) investigated the role of stress in tendinopathy.…”

“…Education Education level was reported in 9/149 (6%) studies 75,100,104,144,153,154,167,175,176 and years of education in 4 (3%, 4/145). 45,46,122,123 Education levels were mainly reported in categories.…”

“…The SF-36 and the SF-12 (reported in n = 7 studies) are reported as general health/quality-of-life surveys reporting several subscales including a mental and social functioning subscale, which are reported in the "Mental Health" and "Other Psychosocial Outcomes" sections, respectively. The EuroQol, a 5-dimension quality-of-life scale, was used in 12/47 studies (26%), 28,35,36,38,68,84,100,114,120,131,140,178 including studies on rotator cuff tendinopathy (n = 6), Achilles tendinopathy (n = 2), lateral elbow tendinopathy (n = 1), plantar heel pain (n = 1), and gluteal tendinopathy (n = 2). Of the 7 studies that reported means, the median of the mean index scores of the EuroQol was 0.7/1 (range: 0.5-0.7; n = 7).…”