Efficacy of Focused Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Randomized 3-Month Follow-Up Study

11 June 2022 : Clinical Research

Katarzyna Rajfur^1ABDEF, Joanna Rajfur^1ABDEF, Tomasz Matusz^1ABF, Karolina Walewicz^1ABD, Robert Dymarek^2ABDEFG*, Kuba Ptaszkowski

^3ABCD, Jakub Taradaj^4ACDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.936614

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e936614

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Table 1 A randomized clinical trial addressing the treatment of LBP using ESWT.

Researchers	PEDro score	Study limitations
Taheri et al 2021 []⁶	4/10	No random allocationNo baseline comparabilityNo blinded subjectsNo blinded therapistsNo blinded assessorsNo adequate follow-up
Walewicz et al 2019 []⁷	7/10	No concealed allocationNo blinded therapistsNo blinded assessors
Moon et al 2017 []⁸	7/10	No blinded therapistsNo adequate follow-upNo intention-to-treat analysis
Schneider 2018 []⁹	6/10	No concealed allocationNo blinded subjectsNo blinded therapistsNo blinded assessors
Notarnicola et al 2018 []¹⁰	3/10	No concealed allocationNo baseline comparabilityNo blinded subjectsNo blinded therapistsNo adequate follow-upNo intention-to-treat analysisNo point estimates and variability
Han et al 2015 []¹¹	3/10	No sham therapyNo placeboNo blinded subjectsNo blind therapistsNo blinded assessorsNo adequate follow-upNo intention-to-treat analysis
PEDro – Physiotherapy Evidence Database.

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