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    Interventional procedure overview of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for calcific tendinopathy in the shoulder

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    References

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    2. Kvalvaag E, Roe C, Engebretsen KB et al. (2018) One year results of a randomized controlled trial on radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment, with predictors of pain, disability and return to work in patients with subacromial pain syndrome. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 54: 341–50

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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    30/12/2021

    Issue 12 of 12, December 2021

    Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)

    30/12/2021

    Issue 12 of 12, December 2021

    International HTA database

    30/12/2021

    -

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    30/12/2021

    1946 to 2021 December 29

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) & MEDLINE ePubs ahead of print (Ovid)

    30/12/2021

    1946 to 2021 December 29

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    30/12/2021

    1974 to 2021 December 29

    Embase Conference (Ovid)

    30/12/2021

    1974 to 2021 December 29

    Trial sources searched

    • Clinicaltrials.gov

    • ISRCTN

    • WHO International Clinical Trials Registry

    Websites searched

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    • NHS England

    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - MAUDE database

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical (ASERNIP – S)

    • Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

    • General internet search

    The following search strategy was used to identify papers in MEDLINE. A similar strategy was used to identify papers in other databases.

    Literature search strategy

    Number

    Search term

    1

    ultrasonic therapy/

    2

    ultrasonic waves/

    3

    (ultrasound or ultrasonic*).tw.

    4

    extracorporeal shockwave therapy/

    5

    (Shock Wave* or shockwave* or shock-wave* or sonic pulse* or HIFU or RSWT or ESWT or ESWL or ESWLS).tw.

    6

    Lithotripsy/

    7

    (Lithotrip* or Litholapax*).tw.

    8

    ((Electrohydraulic* or Electromagnetic* or Piezoelectric) adj4 (system* or therap* or treat*)).tw.

    9

    or/1-8

    10

    Tendinopathy/

    11

    (Tendinit* or Tendoni* or Tendino* or Tendono*).tw.

    12

    Rotator Cuff/

    13

    rotator cuff*.tw.

    14

    Shoulder/

    15

    shoulder*.tw.

    16

    (Teres Minor or Subscapularis or Infraspinatus or Supraspinatus).tw.

    17

    or/10-16

    18

    calcification, physiologic/

    19

    (calcium or calcif* or calcarea).tw.

    20

    18 or 19

    21

    17 and 20

    22

    9 and 21

    23

    PiezoWave*.tw.

    24

    22 or 23

    25

    Animals/ not Humans/

    26

    24 not 25