Ultrasound-guided needling combined with shock-wave therapy for the treatment of calcifying tendonitis of the shoulder From: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Krasny, C; Enenkel, M; Aigner, N; Wlk, M; Landsiedl, F | Copyright British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery Apr 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

We carried out a prospective, randomised controlled trial on two groups of 40 patients with painful calcific tendonitis and a mean age of 48.4 years (32.5 to 67.3). All were to undergo arthroscopic removal of the calcific deposit within six months after randomisation. The 40 patients in group I received ultrasound-guided needling followed by high-energy shockwave therapy and the 40 in group II had shock-wave therapy alone. In both groups one treatment consisting of 2500 impulses of shock wave...