Comparison of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) with roentgen irradiation in supraspinatus tendon syndrome--a prospective randomized single-blind parallel group comparison

Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete
M HaakeH H Müller

Abstract

Extracorporal shock wave therapy (FSWT) is applied in the case of supraspinatus tendinitis if conservative therapies have failed. So far there has been no controlled study comparing the effectiveness of ESWT with an established conservative method of therapy such as X-ray stimulation radiotherapy. Thirty patients with chronic supraspinatus tendinitis were admitted into the prospective randomised study. After randomisation, the patients were treated either three times with 2000 pulses (energy flux density ED+ 0.33 mJ/mm2) with a Storz Minilith SL1 after one week, or with X-ray stimulation radiotherapy with 6 x 0.5 Gy on the ICRU reference point (1 neutral fraction/day) with cobalt 60 gamma rays. Primary endpoint was the age-corrected constant score. In the ESWT group the average age-corrected constant score rose from 50.1 points before ESWT to 91.5 points after 12 weeks and to 97.8 after 52 weeks. In the radiotherapy group it improved from 47.6 through 79.5 points to 87.4 points. No statistically significant differences were proven between ESWT and radiotherapy. ESWT appears to be at least equivalent to radiotherapy in treating chronic supraspinatus tendinitis syndrome and can avoid a dose of radiation for patients and staff. A ...Continue Reading

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