Therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on Osgood-Schlatter disease

VernacularTitle:体外冲击波疗法治疗胫骨结节骨软骨炎的疗效观察
Author: Hong WU ; Caisheng LAN ; Huiwen DENG ; Xiaru ZHENG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: High-energy shock waves; Tibia; Osteochondritis; Rehabilitation
From: Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2010;33(20):4-6
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on Osgood-Schlatter disease. Methods Sixty Osgood-Schlatter disease patients were evenly randomly divided into therapeutic group 30 cases and control group 30 cases. The therapeutic group was treated with extracorporeal shock wave therapy. The control group was treated with high frequency electro therapy and rest on knee joint Results The clinical symptom and pain with visual analogous score the tibial tubercle of therapeutic group and control group were obviously decreased after treatment compared with before treatment (P< 0.05), they were (2.2 ± 1.3) scores vs (7.9 ± 2.4) scores, (4.8 ± 2.6) scores vs (8.2 ± 2.5) scores,the therapeutic group in pain resume significantly better than the control group (P<0.05 ). The cured rate of the therapeutic group was 83.33% (25/30), the control group was 63.33% (19/30), there was significant difference between the two groups (P <0.05). Conclusion The rehabilitation therapeutic effect of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on the Osgood-Schlatter disease is remarkable.