ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025
Radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy improves pain and plantar pressure in patients with early-to-mid-stage unilateral knee osteoarthritis: a retrospective before-after controlled study.
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- Deciphering the function and mechanism of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in knee osteoarthritis (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2026Review
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effects of radial extracorporeal shockwave therapy (rESWT) on pain and plantar pressure in patients with early-to-mid-stage unilateral knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Methods: Fifty patients with early-to-mid-stage KOA who received treatment at the Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Clinic of the People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region between January 2025 and June 2025 were selected. General patient data, Visual Analog Scale (VAS) scores for pain, Lequesne index scores, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores, and plantar pressure results before and after treatment were collected. Results: VAS scores at all post-treatment assessment time points were significantly decreased compared to pre-treatment values (all Conclusion: rESWT can significantly alleviate knee joint pain and promote the recovery of knee joint function in patients with KOA, thereby reducing the degree of abnormality in plantar pressure distribution.
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