Effectiveness of combined extracorporeal shock-wave therapy and hyaluronic acid injections for patients with shoulder pain due to rotator cuff tendinopathy: a person-centered approach with a focus on gender differences to treatment response.
Raffaello PellegrinoAngelo Di IorioFabrizio BrindisinoTeresa PaolucciAntimo MorettiGiovanni IolasconPublished in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders (2022)
This retrospective cohort study suggests that the combination of ESWT plus HyA injections seems to be more effective than ESWT alone in RC tendinopathy in both genders. Moreover, in ESWT alone treatment, male patients reported better outcomes compared to females. However, further randomized controlled trials should be structured to confirm and enforce these conclusions.
Keyphrases
- rotator cuff
- hyaluronic acid
- platelet rich plasma
- randomized controlled trial
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- ultrasound guided
- pain management
- stem cells
- neuropathic pain
- patient reported outcomes
- spinal cord injury
- study protocol
- combination therapy
- glycemic control
- meta analyses