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29.02.2020 | Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor regarding “Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis”
verfasst von:
Shuxiang Li, Kaifeng Zhang, Xiaoliang Sun
Erschienen in:
International Orthopaedics
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Ausgabe 5/2020
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Excerpt
We took great interest in reading the article titled “Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis” by Hsieh et al. [
1]. They performed an interesting meta-analysis on observational studies to investigate the degree of pain reduction and functional outcome after extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) for knee osteoarthritis. Although we read the article with pleasure, it must be stated that the research has raised some thought-provoking issues. Through the present Letter to the Editor, we wish to have this opportunity to comment on this article respectfully. …