Outcomes After Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Chronic Noninsertional Achilles Tendinopathy Compared With Chronic Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Review.
James J ButlerBrittany DeClouetteMohammad T AzamRaymond C WallsGeorge JejelavaDanny ZhengNathan JiaJohn G KennedyPublished in: Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine (2024)
Superior subjective clinical outcomes together with a lower failure rate were maintained for >1 year in the NAT cohort compared with the IAT cohort, calling into question the long-term benefit of ESWT for patients with IAT.