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Trial reportInternational wound journal2025

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Diabetes Related Foot Ulcers: A Pilot Three-Arm Double-Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial.

L Hitchman, R Lathan, B Ravindhran, M Sidapra, J Long, A Cowling, A Keding, J Watson, C Iglesias, G Smith and 3 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International wound journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

L HitchmanFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.
R LathanFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9932-5304
B RavindhranFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.
M SidapraFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.
J LongHull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Heslington, UK.
A CowlingYork Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
A KedingYork Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
J WatsonYork Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
C IglesiasDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
G SmithFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.
M TwiddyInstitute of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.
D RussellLeeds Vascular Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1293-5618
I C ChetterFaculty of Clinical Sciences, Hull York Medical School, Heslington, UK.

Funding

National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR301807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is an urgent need for effective interventions to aid diabetes-related foot ulcer (DFU) healing. This study aimed to test the deliverability of a proposed trial of extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for DFU healing. A pilot double-blinded randomised controlled trial. Patients with a DFU present for ≥ 4 weeks were randomised to high dose (500 shocks/cm

Indexed as

Diabetic FootExtracorporeal Shockwave TherapyWound HealingAdultAgedDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsQuality of LifeTreatment Outcomediabetic foot ulcersextracorporeal shockwave therapyfeasibility studiesrandomised controlled trialwound healing

Identifiers

PMID41320000
PMCPMC12665375

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