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Clinical Trial
. 1998 Jan-Feb;136(1):3-7.
doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1044642.

[Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in epicondylitis humeri ulnaris or radialis--a prospective, controlled, comparative study]

[Article in German]
O Krischek  1 , J D Pompe, C Hopf, J Vogel, B Herbsthofer, B Nafe, R Bürger
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Clinical Trial

[Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in epicondylitis humeri ulnaris or radialis--a prospective, controlled, comparative study]

[Article in German]
O Krischek et al. Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb. 1998 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

Aim of the study: Has extracorporal shockwave therapy in chronic golfer's elbow comparable results as in tennis elbow?

Method: 30 patients for extracorporal shockwave therapy who suffered from chronic medial epicondylitis (group I) and 30 patients with persistent tennis elbow (group II) received 500 impulses of 0.08 mJ/mm2 three times at weekly intervals. The final follow-up examination was done after 24 weeks.

Results: Significant differences in relief of pain and improvement of function were observed in favour of group II. Good or excellent outcome was found in only 27% for the epicondylitis humeri ulnaris, but in 60% for epicondylitis humeri radialis.

Conclusion: The indication for extracorporeal shock-wave therapy in medial epicondylitis must be questioned.

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