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11 questions · 11 findings · 2 reviews · Musculoskeletal

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Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Overall pain Assessed: Binder's pain scale Scale from: 0‐52 · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 61 participants
Low

Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Function · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 61 participants
Low

Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Pain on motion · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Global assessment of treatment success · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

Therapeutic ultrasound may leads to higher global assessment of treatment success compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.75 [1.21, 2.53]
1 study · 61 participants
Low

Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Quality of life · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 61 participants
Low

Therapeutic ultrasound vs placebo

Adverse events · Rotator cuff disease (diagnostic label: calcific tendinitis)

1 finding from 1 review

Electrotherapy modalities for rotator cuff disease 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 60 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Pain VAS pain scales · Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)

The intervention showed no clear difference in pain VAS pain scales (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 320 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Function Various validated function scales · Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)

The intervention showed no clear difference in function Various validated function scales (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 251 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Number of patients experiencing any adverse event · Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 67 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Number of patients who withdrew because of adverse events · Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 67 participants
Low

Intervention not reported

Number of patients experiencing any serious adverse event · Patients with knee osteoarthritis (none of the trials included patients with hip osteoarthritis)

1 finding from 1 review

Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip 2010 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 136 participants
Low