Extracorporeal shockwave treatment in knee osteoarthritis: therapeutic effects and possible mechanism

An S, Li J, Xie W, Yin N, Li Y, Hu Y · Bioscience Reports

Collects the case that shockwave modifies cartilage and subchondral bone as well as relieving pain and stiffness, and states that the dose and frequency that would do it are still undetermined.

Population

Clinical and experimental studies of shockwave in osteoarthritis

Intervention

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy

Comparator

None; a narrative review

Limitations

Narrative, with no systematic search or appraisal, and its structural claims rest on the animal literature it reviews. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81873988, 81874030, 81601883) and several Central South University programmes; the authors declare no competing interests.